Hi Beth. it's the exercise that Joel asked about, where you give them 10 or so statements (e.g., 2 + 2 =4; God exists, etc.), then ask them how one would go about determining whether each statement is likely to be true, what sort of evidence would you use to test it, etc. ________________________________ From: Beth Benoit [beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:22 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] question
Martin, I use Dave Myers' Intro text and have the amazing (huge) Instructor's Resources binder. There's so MUCH in there (I hope I meet Martin Bolt some day so I can tell him what a groupie I am) that I do miss suggested exercises. For example, the first chapter (critical thinking) has over 50 pages of classroom exercises. Which exercise was it that you found particularly helpful, as described below? Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Bourgeois, Dr. Martin <mbour...@fgcu.edu<mailto:mbour...@fgcu.edu>> wrote: There's a good exercise on this in the instructor's manual that comes with the Myers intro text; it was compiled by Martin Bolt. I've used it a bunch of times, and it works great! ________________________________ From: Don Allen [dal...@langara.bc.ca<mailto:dal...@langara.bc.ca>] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:37 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] question I didn't post the original, but from memory here are a few of the ones that I used at the start of each semester: Santa Claus lives at the North Pole People need oxygen to live 2 + 2 = 4 There is life after death The moon is made of green cheese Money buys happiness I would then ask the students to identify any statements that they knew to be true or knew to be false. I used this to lead into a discussion of how we "know" something to be true/false. Hope that helps. -Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel S. Freund" Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:14 pm Subject: [tips] question To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > Some time ago a TIPSTER posted a list of statements that he put > on the blacboard > at the start of a Methods class. The statements were facts or > beliefs, and > represented different ways of knowing. (The only one I remember > is "God exits." > I would like to modify and use that list in my class this > semester, but Ican not > find where I filed it. If any of you have it or know a source, I > would > appreciate a copy. > > Thank you, > > > Joel > > > > > Joel S. Freund 216 Memorial Hall > Department of Psychology > Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201 > > Phone: (479) 575-4256 > FAX: (479) 575-3219 > E-MAIL: jsfre...@uark.edu<mailto:jsfre...@uark.edu> > > > "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that > heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka! > (I found it!), but rather, "hmmm.... that's funny...." Isaac Asimov > > "I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has > endowed us with sense, reasons, and > intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Galileo Galilei > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu<mailto:bsouthe...@frostburg.edu>) > Don Allen Dept. of Psychology Langara College 100 W. 49th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5Y 2Z6 Phone: 604-323-5871 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu<mailto:bsouthe...@frostburg.edu>) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu<mailto:bsouthe...@frostburg.edu>) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
