I haven't seen this exercise before, but something seems wrong (at least as
it's been described). From what I can gather, you're trying to show that
speaking up in class won't kill you by having the experimental group (those
who mention their name aloud) to speak up in class. After the manipulation,
you can show support for the hypothesis because the experimental group is
still alive. Is this the right idea? If so, it would seem like a poor
choice because you're demonstrating to the students the example of
accepting the null hypothesis (i.e., there is no difference between my two
groups).
Am I just missing the point here? Someone please help me out.
At 08:29 PM 08/30/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I think I've seen this in several teacher's manuals to accompany intro
>texts. I'm using Myers right now, and he's got it in his manual, so here's
>an edited version of his version. It orignally comes from Bernardo
>Carducci.
>
>1. Define hypothesis.
>
>2. Present competing hypotheses: Student's hypothesis) Speaking up in
>class will kill you, and Your hypothesis) Speaking up in class will not
>kill you.
>
>3. "Tell students that to demonstrate your confidence in your hypothesis
>you are willing to bet their lives on it!"
>
>4. Depending on class size either use everyone or do something to
>demonstrate random sampling.
>
>5. Pretest measure to insure everyone is alive. State that is is safe to
>assume all are alive, and can think and feel because they followed the
>directions to this point.
>
>6. Ask students to describe what would be a fair test of your hypothesis.
>ONe would be to ask students to speak directly to the calss by giving their
>name, etc.
>
>7. Post-test to insure that students are still alive.
>
>Good luck. Now I must stop procrastinating and fill in my metaphors for
>the parts of the nervous system that I'm asking my students to do tomorrow.
>Anyone got anything for physical and/or cognitive child development that
>doesn't involve observing children? Or suggestions for popular movies (ie.
>that I could get at blockbuster) that show segments of kids who are
>obviously at certain stages of development?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Don
>
>>Hi all Tipsters,
>>
>>I used an exercise called "Talking in Class Won't Kill You" a few years back
>>in general psych. I recall getting out of an instructor's manual, but I
>>can't find it now. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this
>>exercise? I need it for tomorrow (yes, I know--procrastination......)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Kris Lewis
>>Saint Michael's College
>>Colchester VT 05439
>
>
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>Don Rudawsky
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Department of Psychology
>University of Cincinnati
>
>
>
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