Hi Annette,
Do they have fly-fishing on MtV? or My Space?
I discovered several years ago, that my urban-suburban students never heard of
fly-fishing. I started to include and explanation of it in my lectures...a sign
of the times...
Jim
Jim Matiya
Moraine Valley Community College
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www.Teaching-Point.net>> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL
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<[email protected]>> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:11 PM> Subject:
[tips] Am I expecting too much?> > > > Perhaps times are changing and my
students know different vocabulary than > > mine, but I have had some laughers
on the last two tests, except it has me > > concerned that I may be getting so
old that I am losing touch; or the > > students are truly ill-prepared for life
in general. I would except > > students to be knowledgeable about life in
general just from reading. > > Maybe these students, whose *average* GPA in
high school (these are > > incoming freshmen in intro psych and I have all of
their admissions data) > > EXCEEDED 3.8 because of honors and AP classes are
getting short-changed?> >> > I used a standard item on the learning test and
asked for the schedule of > > reinforcement for various behaviors. I used fly
fishing as one item. I got > > the most outrageous answers: the fish will learn
to fly to get fed; you > > can catch more flying fish; fish will go faster if
they fly than if they > > swim, etc. And then there were at least a dozen
students who gave simply > > incorrect answers without embarassing themselves
(probably didn't > > understand schedules of rf anyway) and another dozen who
flat out came up > > and asked me what 'fly fishing' is.> >> > Ok, I let that
slide. So now we have another exam, now over the > > developmental chapter: M A
N Y students came up to ask me the meaning of > > the words "innate" and
"longevity" and many more missed an item on Head > > Start. We talked about
Head Start in class, but I didn't go into > > explaining what it is all about.
I guess I'm teaching kids whose families > > would never have qualified and
they never heard of it because the exam > > item required them to go a bit
beyond what we talked about and very many > > of my students couldn't because
they had no context for what they had > > memorized by rote. One of the foils
on the multiple choice item referred > > to "middle-class" and was clearly
incorrect because middle-class children > > wouldn't qualify for Head Start.
Many selected that foil as correct, and > > wrote in the margin their
explanation (I allow this on items the student > > wants to challenge) and I
got all kinds of answers about middle this and > > middle that.> >> > Wow,
what's up with all this? I'm feeling either very very old or > > exceptionally
well educated in a broad way.> >> > Annette> >> >> > Annette Kujawski Taylor,
Ph.D.> > Professor of Psychology> > University of San Diego> > 5998 Alcala
Park> > San Diego, CA 92110> > 619-260-4006> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > ---> >>
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