Re: irritated by student

[Deb Briihl]

When I was an undergrad, I had a faculty member that encouraged us to bring 
our book to class to increase class discussions. He would ask a question 
and we had to answer it (and this meant looking it up in the book). I use a 
similar format in my history of psych class - I ask a question and my 
students try to find the answer. I also tell my other classes to bring the 
book with them - when I have a graph in my Powerpoint slides, I tell them 
where this is located in the book. None of my students typically ask where 
something is in the book IN class though.
I think that this is a behavior that MORE students should do - try to link 
the notes with the book. Since her comments may be disruptive (I certainly 
can't point out exactly where everything is in a textbook), you may just 
want to ask her to look up any material she can't find immediately after 
class and if she still can't locate it, to stop by your office or e-mail you.

At 04:07 PM 11/17/2004 -0500, you wrote:
I have a student in class who opens the text and appears to be reading the 
chapter while I lecture.She will occasionally interrupt me
and she will ask where is this in the text.She keeps on flipping
the chapter pages to catch on with my lecture.I have advised that
it could be more beneficial to her to concentrate on the lecture and take 
notes and she could coordinate lecture and text materials
at another time.At times I feel like yelling "Close that d-mn book
and follow the lecture!"
Do any of you tipsters have similar students comparing and contrasting
simultaneously "in your face" your lecture and text materials?
or is this the evolution of multitasking in the classroom?

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
                      "How is a trip to the cemetery exactly like
                       a trip to the bathroom?"
                       Answer: when you got to go,you got to go.


or am I seeing the evolution of a new breed of student
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Deb
Dr. Deborah S. Briihl
Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
(229) 333-5994
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