Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Bill
You may be on to something. Might eliminate the social desirability and
Hawthorne effects. <g>
jackie f
William J. Foristal wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
>
> Hi Jackie,
>
> LOL...you're right, I forgot about how creative students can be in the
> pursuit of an assignment. :) Always pushing the window. Perhaps that
> could be another area of study. One group of students observing another.
>
> Bill
>
> On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 02:52:07 -0600 Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> >Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >
> >Hi Bill
> >
> >I love giving the students these types of assignments. However, you
> >can get
> >yourself into trouble at times. Students are creative, so you have to
> >try
> >and foresee why may occur. The big problem area is having them
> >observe
> >deviance--now, as instructors we are looking for them to observe
> >things like
> >littering, deviant dress, etc. and other people's reactions to the
> >deviance.
> >Not students--they want to go to the area of town where "real"
> >deviance
> >occurs. This also happens if you have them break a norm and capture
> >people's
> >reactions--you tell students they are to break folkways not laws, but
> >you
> >know students. But as you say there are a lot of things you can
> >assign that
> >are easy and "fun learning" for students. I have had them watch
> >sit-coms,
> >listen to music, and go through magazines advertisements. Keeps them
> >out of
> >harm's way, I hope. This quarter the Intro students are going to do
> >application papers--this assignment sound like no problem, but have
> >had a few
> >occasions where it could have led to problems. One of the nice things
> >about
> >computers is the chance to learn from others things that might work in
> >teaching, especially teaching abstract concepts.
> >
> >jackief
>
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