I just finished giving my students in a Learning class their first exam of the term. The distribution of scores was unlike any I have seen in this class on this first exam in the past.
Although I am not a fan of the "drop the lowest grade" approach because it tacitly gives students permission to simply not learn a segment of the course material, I am making an exception this term. I am guessing I am seeing an effect related to WTC on academic performance (possibly worse in Pensacola since some military families in the area are seeing family members deployed to unknown locations in response to WTC). I saw similar problems with academic performance in my students during the term when Pensacola experienced 2 major hurricanes in a 2-month period of time. Are others on TIPS seeing similar disruption of academic performance? Claudia Stanny ________________________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Web: http://www.uwf.edu/psych/stanny.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
