I don't know what it is but I know that ever since I read that article in ToP on giving out chocolates during course evals results in higher ratings, I've (a) shared the article with my students, (b) bring in the chocolates, and (c) get higher ratings ;)
I see lots of studies in the making. Maybe hot chocolate would be better than coffee! 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] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 14:05:14 -0600 >From: "Shearon, Tim" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [tips] At Your Next Course Evaluation, Serve Hot Coffee >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > >Chris Green Wrote- >>I always wondered why schools insisted on overheating classrooms... >>rooms that will be filled with dozens, or even hundreds, of 150-lb, >>nearly-100-degree bodies. Now I know. How thoughtful of them. :-) > >>Chris > >Chris- well, that brings up an intriguing idea. Does it work with a warm room >or is it a "hands" warmth that makes the effect. Remember that the study had >them holding a warm vs cold coffee mug. I sense an experiment forming. I also >wonder about the well known connection between food and higher ratings. Would >a warm mug alone work or is it the "food" connection with coffee? (Actually, I >think my experience with "warm rooms" is similar to yours- our classrooms tend >to be warm during warm months and cold during the cold ones- with some notable >exceptions- one of my classrooms this term was ALWAYS 80 or so- regardless of >the temperature outside.) >Tim >_______________________________ >Timothy O. Shearon, PhD >Professor and Chair Department of Psychology >The College of Idaho >Caldwell, ID 83605 >email: [email protected] > >teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and >systems > >"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker > > > >-- > >Christopher D. Green >Department of Psychology >York University >Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 >Canada > > > >416-736-2100 ex. 66164 >[email protected] >http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > >========================== > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >________________ >winmail.dat (5k bytes) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
