I echo the sentiments of others who have replied by saying the "extra credit participant pool" results in inadequate participation. I'd suggest that you reconsider the compulsory pool, as it may actually be more workable than you think.
In May I saw a presentation by Ryan Martin (UW Green Bay) http://www.uwgb.edu/psychology/faculty/martin.htm who told the story of how they went about getting a participant pool in place. I thought he had some good ideas that anyone who wants to do the same, should be able to use. In short, the key to selling it to the faculty was in creating a wide variety of "alternatives to experiment participation". Some of what they did I thought was pretty novel. We plan on using some of their ideas when we propose a formal pool this fall. I'd suggest that you contact him for info, I think he and his colleagues might have some materials they'd be willing to share. -Mike Donnelly, UW Stout Dept of Psychology -----Original Message----- From: Deb Briihl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 9:51 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Extra Credit subject pools Hi! We are looking into starting a subject pool. I am looking for information from people that have one on their campus that gives extra credit rather than requires students to do experiments (or something else). What specifically do you do? What is written in the syllabus? One problem is so many different people teach intro to psych here - how do you handle that? Do you just use intro to psych students, or do you use other classes as well? --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
