Robin said: "Though, arguably, I do wonder if most college students are capable of learning anything about a given phenomenon through reading a memoir about it. Generally they do need extra help--in the form of discussions or writing assignments--to apply abstract concepts to concrete examples."
Robin- Sorry! :) I knew what you meant! I just couldn't (well, didn't) stop myself. But, in fact, I do agree with you. I think they learn far better from doing or using what they read. I think a few readers do engage their texts without having to take those extra steps but I'd be first to agree with you that most of our students do not have that skill- and especially if we ask them to go beyond a textbook. They learn to engage the text through our examples. (BTW- I have to admit that this was difficult for me to learn as a young teacher as I'd always engaged with the text- at least as long as I can remember. But it was a kind colleague who called me on that and pointed out that I didn't just automatically do that, that I'd been lucky and had a good teacher somewhere along the line!). Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology Albertson College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems -----Original Message----- From: Robin Abrahams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 11/30/2006 11:21 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Subject: Another question to ponder All right, rephrase my sentence as "Students do not only learn from reading, but from discussing what they've read." Better? Robin Notices at the bottom of this e-mail do not reflect the opinions of the sender. I do not "yahoo" that I am aware of. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
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