On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:03:13 -0800, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
One of the (subjective) changes with age is the increasing
challenge of maintaining persistent marking behavior. It seems
to me that I use to be able to mark for longer periods of time
when younger. As a result, one explores ways to keep on
task ... sub-piles, breaks, posting to tips, ...
My current favourite is "fanning" the test booklets out and seeing
concretely how the remainder diminishes with each marked question.
Any other strategies that people have found effective?
Here is a research based potential solution that you might consider.
It has been shown that primates will "pay" to get an opportunity to
see the "female perinea and the faces of high-status monkeys".
The research is reported in the journal "Current Biology" which
can be accessed here:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098220500093X
NOTE: Review Figure 1.
A popular media interpretation of the research is available here:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6892037/#.USqmHzfur4o
The finding suggests that if a primate is willing to pay for an
opportunity to see something, then that something would be
highly desirable and one would work in order to get a
viewing opportunity. Grading booklets is therefore the "payment"
one makes for the opportunity.
So, my thinking is that if have photos or video of "female perinea
and the faces of high-status monkeys", then you should allow
yourself access to these on some form of ratio schedule (either
fixed, like after every 5 booklets, or variable, 5 booklets on
average). This should prove to be reinforcing of the grading
behavior. I think that you might want to follow the original
manipulation (i.e., the female perinea of rhesus macaque monkeys)
but trial and error might suggest that some other species is more
effective.
;-)
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
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