Many questions have arisen recently on the other teaching list about intro
textbooks. I have not recommended any to anyone because I am sort of
floundering with my own musings on this topic of what is going on in the intro
textbook domain. I remember my intro textbook I used in college in 1969
The following report appeared on Medscape week in review today. I know many
TIPS subscribers don't subscribe to Medscape, but since it is freely
available I'm pasting it here. I find it very encouraging, but I'd love to
hear what others think of this.
Carol
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Elevated levels of C-reactive
I do explore/think about this as I am teaching a required class for prospective
majors that uses K. Stanovich's text Thinking Straight About Psychology. In
his preface he goes over similar problems we all encounter when dealing with
students who completed Gen. Psych. They still believe Freud
Thank for this Carol
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I teach at a small liberal arts college and although I’m sure students have
lied to me in the past I do not experience these situations very often. If
students have a legitimate reason to not take an exam (usually illness) I
simple arrange for them to take it within a week. So my students would
There has been some interesting discussion about deceased grandparents,
missing tests and how makeups should/should not be handled.
We've discussed makeup tests in the past on TIPS, but it's been a while and
we do seem to have some new people. When it was previously discussed I
offered something
I just allow my students to drop a test grade. That way I don't have to decide
if an excuse is legitimate or not. I give four exams, counting the final, and
the end result is usually that the good students don't have to take the final
exam (and can leave for home earlier, which they
I tried that for a couple of semesters but found that if students were
satisfied with their first three tests, they SKIPPED the final fourth of
the class, skipped the fourth test and then the final. How did you get
around that?
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH
On Fri, Sep 5,
I use the same technique as Raechel. My final is a cumulative final based on
the information of the entire course. If a student is satisfied with their
grade based on the 4 tests given during the semester, they can skip the final.
If they want to try to improve their grade, the final will
So do you require that students take all four tests before they can drop
one? THat's a good solution to my previous dilemma.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Dr. Bob Wildblood drb...@rcn.com wrote:
I use the same technique as Raechel.
I do every 2 years. Every 2 years we switch intro books. I have chaired this
committee for many a year and we have barely ever used the same books twice.
Because I have looked at so many for so long, I am way more familiar with intro
to psych books than I dare say most.
I have complained about
Hi Beth,
Itried to have make-up exams after the final, but then I had different missing
different exams...it was a mess. I have dropped trying to decide who has a good
excuse or not...I have 6 assignment per semester but only the highest 5 count.
The final cumulative exam is optional. There are
On 9/5/2014 6:51 PM, Beth Benoit wrote:
I tried that for a couple of semesters but found that if students
were satisfied with their first three tests, they SKIPPED the
final fourth of the class, skipped the fourth test and then the
final. How did you get around that?
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State
Dear Tipsters,
What has happened to the traditional cumulative final where students have an
opportunity to demonstrate (1) learning of things that they had not understood
and, most importantly, (2) to show that they can integrate material and see
connections that may not have been apparent
I do it the same way Ken does.
Carol
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Ken Steele steel...@appstate.edu wrote:
On 9/5/2014 6:51 PM, Beth Benoit wrote:
I tried that for a couple of semesters but found that if students
were satisfied with their first three tests, they SKIPPED the
final fourth
No, if they are happy with their first three they don't have to take my final.
I require class attendance via in-class activity points so that motivates them
to still come to class. Never had students stop coming.
Raechel N. Soicher, M.A.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Santa Fe College
3000 NW
***What has happened to the traditional cumulative final where students
have an opportunity to demonstrate (1) learning of things that they had not
understood and, most importantly, (2) to show that they can integrate material
and see connections that may not have been apparent earlier?
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