I too think that student bloopers are interesting--not only funny, but often
revealing of some underlying truth, either about the nature of cognition (or
the nature of spell-check ...) or about the phenomenon they are talking about.
Bloopers are often unexpectedly beautiful. This is why I don't think it's
disrespectful to post them--in fact, I've told my students about this listserv
and that we often post student bloopers, and they seemed to think that was
fine.
We were recently discussing this article (which I highly recommend)--
Madigan, R., Johnson, S., & Linton, P. (1995). The language of psychology: APA
style as epistemology. American Psychologist, 50, 428-436.
--in class, and one student mentioned that she found it odd that APA style
encourages the use of the "passive-aggressive voice."
I mean, how can you not love that? It's funny 'cause it's true.
"Brown, Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: v\:*
{behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:*
{behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} [tips]
student bloopers st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
Can we view this instead as a linguistic phenomenon?
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ (cf. post pardon)
The consistency of the error-prone behavior in the population certainly
should be of interest.
--Barbara
Barbara Brown
Psychology Department Technical Assistant
1116 8th Ave
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA 50112
Phone: 641-269-3171
FAX: 641-269-4285
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:21 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] student bloopers
Dear Tipsters,
I do not like lists of student "bloopers". We might have a quiet chuckle to
ourselves, I suppose, why post them?
Or do people see this as similar to posting stupid utterances by famous
people?
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9660
Bishop's University,
2600 College Street,
Sherbrooke (Lennoxville),
Qu¨bec J1M 0C8,
Canada.
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page:
http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy
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From: Miguel Roig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sun 12/10/2006 8:45 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] student bloopers
Yes, it is that time of the year to list our favorite student bloopers:
"Post-pardon depression" :-)
Miguel
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