Miguel, et al: I do understand that some of us have lighter "student loads" and that not everyone can do so but I do make that offer to everyone. Here is why- I don't think it means you have to read the paper twice! You've already seen it and thus the second read is less "dense" and full of errors. I basically give a "window" for each course during which they can turn in drafts. In addition to getting better papers the second time (I make them turn in the first paper with the suggestions/etc when they turn in the final paper) I find that very few students actually take advantage of the offer! If memory serves, the best and worst writers are often the ones who take advantage of it in upper division courses. But I've never had more than four or five students in a class turn in drafts so, knock on wood, it has not caused me a huge extra work load. I suspect some of the workload created is dependent on a number of factors including teaching style, courses taught, institution, etc. so it is hard to say without trying it what the response would be but it works for me at this institution. :) Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [email protected]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:44 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it I usually tell my students who make such requests that it would not be fair for me to do it just for her without extending the same offer to everyone else. In turn, it would not be fair to me to have to read all student papers twice. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl L Wuensch" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 4:25:52 PM Subject: [tips] Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it How best to handle the student request that you check her paper for errors BEFORE you grade it so she can be sure to get a perfect paper when she hands it in later? Cheers, Karl W. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=8283 or send a blank email to leave-8283-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=8286 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-8286-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-8286-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=8289 or send a blank email to leave-8289-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
