I noticed that some people objected to your page length note. They had good reasons, because the meaning of that note on assignments does vary from professor to professor.
What I put in my syllabus is a page range for each assignment: "3 to 5 body pages, plus title page and reference list, 5 to 7 pages total." In class when discussing the syllabus (and again when the paper is nearing due date) I explain what that means, "People vary in writing style, some are concise, some are wordy. I grade content, do you address the points that the assignment asks you to address and otherwise meet the grading criteria. My experience suggests that it would be rare in the extreme for a student to meet those criteria in less than 3 pages, and student taking more than 5 pages probably needs to do some editing for length, though on rare occasion shorter and longer papers get good grades." Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: Robin Abrahams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sat 8/28/2010 11:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Miss Conduct's Advice for Students Thanks for the props, Beth! Robin Abrahams www.robinabrahams.com My first book, "Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners," is available now wherever books are sold! (Or if not, ask the bookseller to order more. Politely!) --- On Sat, 8/28/10, Beth Benoit <[email protected]> wrote: From: Beth Benoit <[email protected]> Subject: [tips] Miss Conduct's Advice for Students To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 10:01 AM With the beginning of a new semester, and for many of our students the beginning of their college career, it's time to trot out this wonderful piece that my students love. "Miss Conduct" is a column in Sunday's Boston Globe Magazine. (And the author also just happens to be our own Robin Abrahams!) She had this on her blog, and I always post it for my students. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/09/advice_for_stud.html Beth BenoitGranite State CollegePlymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13481.76d0863b5d13a9ed61f7df9149fb93d8&n=T&l=tips&o=4467 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-4467-13481.76d0863b5d13a9ed61f7df9149fb9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=4468 or send a blank email to leave-4468-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4470 or send a blank email to leave-4470-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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