I tell them two hours outside for each hour inside class. One semester an especially astute student did the math and piped up, in shock and dismay, "That's 45 hours a week!"
I said, yes, yes it is. College is hard. That's why they call it "college." > -----Original Message----- > From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:23 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: laboring under a misconception > > In my syllabus I tell students 3 hours per credit hour, so > approximately an average of 9 hours per week of homework. I > think any of them seldom really need to do quite that much > work, but that's what I tell them. > > Annette > > Quoting Blaine Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > A comment and question from the land of Srooge and the Grinch where > > finals exams continue through 5 pm thursday, December 22. > > > > > > > > As part of a student self-assessment regarding how students > achieved > > the course goals, I included an open ended question: > Indicate what I > > should have asked you to do with respect to your > self-evaluation and > > also answer the question. > > > > > > > > You should have asked us how many hours of unpaid work we > have done on > > all of these assignments? 36 assignments at about 1.5 hours a piece > > equal 54 hours of work, not including the final or this > assignment. > > That is a lot of hours for a 3 credit class! So I figure > we did a lot > > of work in this class! I think 54+ hours deserves an A > especially at > > 3:34am in the morning! > > > > > > > > So am I laboring under a misconception that students are > expected to > > put in a couple of hours work for each class? > > > > > > > > thanks, and i hope you all enjoy the holidays, blaine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > > unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Department of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
