Tipskvetchers, I agree that students take short cuts with greater ease. But, have not students done so for millenia? Did you ever use someone else's ideas without appropriate citation? Did you not use the notes in the margin of a book that someone used?
I do agree that students (and individuals, in general) are becoming greater and greater "cognitive misers" [to use that term more broadly]. Is this a function of technology? Yeah, probably. I, myself, am astounded at how few phone numbers I have memorized anymore now that I have a cell phone and Palm Pilot. I hardly ever look things up in a dictionary but use whatever comes up on the web and then determine if it's accurate. I never calculate grades by hand, Excel does it. In order to combat student cognitive miserliness, they have to understand the value of using journals that are not available full text. Rob Rob Weisskirch, MSW, Ph.D. Human Development Program Department of Liberal Studies, Building 15 100 Campus Center California State University, Monterey Bay Seaside, CA 93955-8001 (831) 582-5079 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
