---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [tips] Re: Students attempting A's Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 08:58:08 -0400
>Hi Annette: Extra work? Why can't they achieve mastery without >extra work? Or perhaps this is like extra credit? My students DO >indeed have such expectations. When they don't do well, they want >extra credit thinking this will make up for the deficiencies more >objectively shown with regular exams. If this extra credit work >demands real proficiency, and the previous exams indicate they do not >yet have this proficiency, doing more work hardly seems worthwhile. >I do give them exercises and steps to take to increase their >learning, but the ones who need this "extra work: seldom undertake >it. Extra work to really achieve mastery? Now that would be a joy. > Gary > I find that there are cross-cultural aspects to this.American white students tend to blame the teacher for their poor performance and are more likely to ask for extra work-which may indicate an external locus of control orientation.African-American and Asian students take full responsibity for their work and rarely asks for extra work.The majority of students who request extra work from me are white. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
