RE:[tips] Introduction

2013-12-20 Thread Annette Taylor
Giving just ONE piece of advice: Do not use an encyclopedic text! It was my downfall early on. I was so enthusiastic that I wanted to teach literally everything I knew in one semester in intro to psych. I picked the biggest, fattest, most comprehensive intro text I could find. It was

[tips] that old plagiarism thing again

2013-12-20 Thread Carol DeVolder
Dear TIPSters, Once again, I have an example of plagiarism in one of my classes. This time the student helped herself to online reviews to write a critique of a book. I called her out on it, and as part of her apology she wants to write an article for our student newspaper. She wants to include an

Re: [tips] that old plagiarism thing again

2013-12-20 Thread Christopher Green
Common sense? Sorry. Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: Dear TIPSters, Once again, I have an

Re: [tips] that old plagiarism thing again

2013-12-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I thought Turnitin allowed one time submissions by individual students regardless of being connected to a class. Paul On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Carol DeVolder wrote: Dear TIPSters, Once again, I have an example of plagiarism in one of my classes. This time the student helped herself to

Re: [tips] that old plagiarism thing again

2013-12-20 Thread Carol DeVolder
I know--and the really stupid part was she lifted the reviews right off of Amazon. Stupidity+Plagiarism=F-. Personally, I generally Google combinations of words that couldn't possibly have been uttered by an undergraduate student, but I guess she wanted something more than that. cd On Fri, Dec

Re: [tips] Introduction

2013-12-20 Thread Beth Benoit
Welcome to TIPS, Joanna. I hope you find us a helpful resource. Always nice to get some new blood! On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Primus, Joanna joanna.pri...@ccaurora.eduwrote: Hello fellow TIPSters! I am brand new to classroom teaching of psychology, but have been teaching