The amount I benefit from this listserv would increase substantially if those making empirical claims (see below) would refer to the relevant literature. Then we could all judge for ourselves the quality of an argument. When arguments resort to claims of expertise or "he said, she said" it doesn't illuminate anything.
> This is an example of the Fallacy of transfer-the idea that somehow current > classroom behaviors (poor attendance,turning in shoddy work.always > late,attitudes) are indicative or predictive of post classroom or > post-graduation behaviors.Students know how to behave in various situations.I > have known students who display negative attitudes in the classroom and when > I > go through the check-out counter and that same student is the cashier,that > same > student is very positive at the cgeck-out register. JUST BECAUSE IT HAPPENS > IN > THE CLASSROOM DOES NOT IMPLY IT WILL HAPPEN AT WORK OR GRAD SCHOOL.It is true > that writing is more exact than thinking,but we do not want to tell students > that just because they are poor writers they are not thinking right.This > perspective is similar to the attutude some people had about the Southern > accent-that the Southern accent indicated stupidity and ignorance. ------- Michael A Burman Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Psychology 328 Decary Hall University of New England 11 Hills Beach Rd Biddeford ME 04005 207-602-2301 [email protected] --- 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=8533 or send a blank email to leave-8533-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
