Karen and others- An additional problem is when the "new" edition is exactly the same in content - but organized differently. I recently ran into a problem on this when a new edition had only the "old" test-bank. It wasn't exactly a nightmare but certainly created more work making sure that the questions I put on the test were actually from that chapter in the book! And, yes, I did make a couple of mistakes. I know all that material. After a couple of tests I dropped the test-bank and went back to making up my own questions (to mixed results among the students who said my questions were harder. :) (Fortuantely, I had said no to a student who asked about using the "old" edition.) 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: karen block [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 1/4/2007 3:52 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Pre-registered student's question Well Peter and Michael, I guess you have not experienced the change from one edition to the next in homework problems. I had a time consuming term when I answered yes to the edition question and then had to participate in the the mapping of homework problems from one edition to the next. Never again. Just say NO. KB --On Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:43 PM -0600 Peter Harzem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:r > > > On Jan 4, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Michael Sylvester wrote: > > > Is it OK if I use an earlier edition of the text for the course? > > > > Of course it depends on how much earlier. But, students usually ask > that kind of question with reference to a text that may be just a year or > two earlier than its latest edition. Surely everyone knows that the > discipline of Psychology does not change in one or two years enough to > justify new editions--except to meet the publishers' projected sales. > What changes in a year or two in the Nth 'new' edition are the > photographs, pretty colors, and other related (well, really, remotely > related) bells and whistles. For many years I made it a custom to say > 'yes' to that question, and advised (all) the students not to buy the > additional paraphernalia. Peter > > > Peter Harzem, B.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Wales) > Hudson Professor Emeritus > Department of Psychology > Auburn University > Auburn, AL 36849-5214 > USA > Phone: +334 844-6482 > Fax: +334 844-4447 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Personal E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=e > nglish --- 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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