I've sort of been following this for a while; it's not completely new, but just seems to keep getting worse.
I'm thinking of assigning novels for my psych classes. I'm not sure what novels I could use in methods and stats, but I'm working on it. Anyone got any ideas? m ------ "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." -- Margaret Wheatley -----Original Message----- From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 7:39 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Fly fishing is only the tip of hte iceberg >From today's Inside Higher Ed: "Many children and young adults are abandoning reading, according to a report issued today <http://www.nea.gov/news/news07/TRNR.html> by the National Endowment for the Arts. Among the findings: Less than one third of 13-year-olds are daily readers, a 14 percent decline from 20 years ago. On average, Americans between the ages of 15 and 24 spend seven minutes a day on leisure reading, compared to two hours a day watching television." -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ====================================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---
