Another factor to consider is that more modern scanners WILL read pen
marks.
It is possible that this student was behaving at least in part on his
own experience.
On Nov 20, 2008, at 6:18 PM, beth benoit wrote:
Using a pen on a Scantron doesn't surprise me. I've had several
over the
years...I ALWAYS tell them to be sure to use a No. 2, bring dozens of
pencils (and a pencil sharpener), yet there have still been some
who somehow
used a pen. I never think of it as intentional. I don't believe
it ever
was...just students wired about a test and not listening or thinking.
The last one I had was actually surprised that a pen wouldn't work.
I say, assume it was an honest mistake, but use it as a teaching
moment, as
Amy Sweetman suggested, so you can talk to him one-on-one. You may
end up
with a different impression of him, so it could be a win-win
situation. If
he's still got an attitude, then so be it. You tried.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
New Hampshire
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Subject: Re: [tips] a little guidance needed....
My knee jerk reaction is to give him a zero, after all, that's what
he is
daring you
to do.
Then I figure, it's a lose=lose for you--you take the dare he he'll
make
more
trouble than he is worth expending energy over; you don't take the
dare and
he
thinks he got one over on you. So don't stoop to his level, just go
over his
pen
marks with pencil and run it through the machine again, or hand
score it. He
may have gotten such a small one over on you that it's not worth
the effort
for
you to worry about it.
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of San Diego
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:40:20 -0600
From: Jim Matiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [tips] a little guidance needed....
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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I need some guidance from the more experienced than
I...
Teaching is wonderful, you can learn new things
everyday.... In all the years I have been teaching,
which is like before dirt, I have never had this
occur before.
Yesterday, I had a boy (sorry, I am not being
sexist), who filled out his scan-tron answer form
with a pen. Guess what his score is? Yep, a zero.
Sometimes he is not very nice, he has a rather
"snotty" attitude when he comes to class. He likes
to make comments under his breathe.
So, oh mighty wise ones, what should I do? Do I hear
a little snickering out there?
Jim Matiya
Florida Gulf Coast University
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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:12:20 -0600
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Subject: Re: [tips] Candy on the table study?
Mischel et al's marshmallow test? Science (1989)
244:933-937.
Linda Walsh
University of Northern Iowa
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Michael Britt wrote:
Does anyone remember the name of that study in
which researchers put some
kind of food (candy?) on a table next to a child
and then told the child
not to touch it while the researcher left the
room?
It's escaping me now.
Thanks,
Michael
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