On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:22:06 -0700, William Scott wrote:
>I agree with others that the memory problem is one of encoding failure.
I'm not so sure that it is as simple as that. I think that students
and even faculty may have known and been able to use certain
types of knowledge but for whatever re
I agree with others that the memory problem is one of encoding failure.
However, I remember the authors of my introductory text in 1966. Morgan
and King. Does that mean I was meant to become a psychologist?
Bill Scott
>>> Claudia Stanny 03/28/10 6:05 PM >>>
I think the color of the book is reta
I think the color of the book is retained because it is a useful cue when
doing a visual search (locating it on a bookshelf, in a pile on a desk,
rummaging through a backpack, etc.). My shelves aren't organized
alphabetically by author, they are organized by content area. So a search
strategy tha
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The Nass
The Nasser discussion Mike Palij refers to is also discussed in Baddeley's
Human Memory book - he cites Nasser Memory Observed (spine well described Mike
:) that tells of a professor writing to Titchener in 1917 that despite saying a
prayer over 5000 times, he had very poor memory for it. I rete
Mike Palij queried:
"So, the question is "Why can't students who spend about
15-16 weeks with a textbook, presumably reading it and
taking notes, and preparing for exam on material therein,
have such a hard time remembering who the author(s) of the
textbook was?"
That's a good question, but I thi
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:05:50 -0700, Ken Steele wrote:
>Mike Palij wrote:
>>So, the question is "Why can't students who spend about
>>15-16 weeks with a textbook, presumably reading it and
>>taking notes, and preparing for exam on material therein,
>>have such a hard time remembering who the author(
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> Subject: RE: [tips] An Informal Memory Test
>
> Dear Tipsters,
>
> I will answer with two questions:
>
> 1. In which direction does the head face on the American quarter - to your
> left or to your right as you look at the coin?
>
> 2. On a clock o
Mike Palij wrote:
So, the question is "Why can't students who spend about
15-16 weeks with a textbook, presumably reading it and
taking notes, and preparing for exam on material therein,
have such a hard time remembering who the author(s) of the
textbook was?"
The effect is not limited to tex
Dear Tipsters,
I will answer with two questions:
1. In which direction does the head face on the American quarter - to your left
or to your right as you look at the coin?
2. On a clock or watch with Roman numerals, how is the number four represented?
Research shows that many people err on thes
That's a funny observation. And it fits my recollection of student comments
about textbooks in my classes.
Must say . . . I'm guilty of part of this.
I DO know the name of the authors of various texts, but when I'm scanning my
bookshelves, I scan for the blue cover or the green cover or whatever.
e semester by one of the authors..
From: Mike Palij [m...@nyu.edu]
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 11:37 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: [tips] An Informal Memory Test
I'm curious about people's experie
I'm curious about people's experience when in their courses
they ask which books students had used previous courses.
I lab courses that I teach statistics is a pre-requisite and almost
every time that I ask "which textbook did you use in statistics",
I typically get responses like "it was a green b
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