And, that begs the point of them reading the material. All you've done is set up a treasure hunt without having any need for them to do anything other than thumb through the pages. I think we should first ask ourselves if we know why they don't read the material as required in the first place.
Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.the randomthoughts.edublogs.org Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.com Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ (O) 229-333-5947 /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ (C) 229-630-0821 / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - / \_Make it a good day________________________________________ > From: don allen [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 8:23 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: RE: [tips] Getting students to read (was: Textbook rentals?) > > Hi Annette- > > If you want to try something completely different do the following: > > 1. Make up a bunch of small (1" X 2") pieces of paper that have "This coupon > entitles the bearer to 10 extra points on the first quiz" printed on them. > > 2. Prior to the start of the semester, go to the bookstore and insert a > coupon in each book somewhere in the first chapter. > > 3. Enjoy the looks on student faces when you remind them to hand in their > "extra 10 points" coupon. Especially the puzzled looks. > > The students may not read the following chapters but you can bet that they > will at least go through all of the pages. > > Hope that helps, > > -Don. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Annette Taylor <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, July 23, 2010 5:55 am > Subject: RE: [tips] Getting students to read (was: Textbook rentals?) > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > >> I'm not so troubled by the use of rental books. I kept >> mine...and almost never looked at them after I was done with >> them...and recently cleared them all out after moving them a >> dozen times. >> >> I think rental books are fine, or purchased books are fine, as >> long as they are read! Even though I do lots of little things to >> motivate reading, I know there are too many students who still >> don't read. >> >> Does anyone have things they do that are new and inventive? >> >> I use reading quizzes; I test over material students read but I >> have not time to discuss in class; I repeatedly emphasize in >> class how important it is to do the readings and reinforce that >> as often as possible with examples of things that transpire in >> class. I try to add in "interesting" readings with the hope that >> the textbook nonreaders will read the more interesting stuff >> (example: I have a facebook page where I post interesting news >> in psych). >> >> Any novel ideas? >> >> Annette >> >> >> Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. >> Professor, Psychological Sciences >> University of San Diego >> 5998 Alcala Park >> San Diego, CA 92110 >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> ________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:02 PM >> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) >> Subject: Re: [tips] Textbook rentals? >> >> >> >> >> >> I want to thank all of you who responded to my post on textbook >> rentals. As someone who loves printed books and who kept most of >> his college textbooks from the 1970s until very recently (had to >> make room), it pains me to see the newer trend in students' more >> detached relationship to their textbooks. >> >> >> >> Miguel >> >> >> >> PS I kept my copy of little "Garrett" (Elementary Stats) >> and Cambell and Stanley's. ;-) >> >> >> --- >> >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=3751 >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line >> is broken) >> >> or send a blank email to leave-3751- >> [email protected]<mailto:leave-3751-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=3761or >> send a blank email to >> leave-3761-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > Don Allen > Retired professor > Langara College > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=3763 > or send a blank email to > leave-3763-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee94ad&n=T&l=tips&o=3768 > or send a blank email to > leave-3768-13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu . 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