I recently tried a novel way of reviewing. I handed out 3X5 cards with important terms or concepts on them and told the students to break up into groups and come up with a poem about their concept. I too took a topic and created my own poem. I dimmed the lights and shined the overhead projector on them as a spotlight. The students were remarkably creative with very difficult ideas. Here's a sample: Confounds Quasi experiments are fun things to do But even confounds can happen to you. Confounds are not planned and can be quite confusing But you can turn it around and make it amusing. All your groups will grow and age Maturation is that change. Testing effect can be a big mess It's when your subjects know what's on the test. Each person comes in with a different history This effect can be quite a mystery. Each group will have it's own extremes But statistical regression will bring them back to the mean. Once your subjects have met the mortician, You'll know you have hit the confound of attrition. Age changes are something you have to expect. What limits one group may limit the next. Our last problem that needs to be solved Is a cohort difference that shapes us all. Give it a try! Rob Weisskirch, MSW, Ph.D. Department of Child and Adolescent Studies California State University, Fullerton P.O. Box 6868 Fullerton, CA 92834-6868 (714) 278-2896
