Intro Psych @ NGCSU

Hey Intro Psych Scholars,

I pretty sure we’ll need both of our classes this week to finish up the material, so look for a change in our time line… Individual exams on Monday the 3rd and collaborative exams on Wednesday the 5th.

FYI… if you are serious about graduate school come and talk to me about this.

Undergraduate Statistics Program Now Taking Applications!

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I think almost everyone did really well for a first exam… It’s always hard when you don’t know what to expect from me. Scores usually go up for later tests. The collaborative exams were really good!

The average score was a 68 and some change with a standard deviation of a little over 8 (M=68.45, SD=8.21)

Remember your individual exam is worth 75% and your group exam is worth 25%… so

(ind exam * .75)+(grp exam * .25) = your grade

The cut-offs should look something like:

D 58-60
C 63-72
B 73-76
A 76.75 +

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I certainly hope that most of you are able to appreciate my testing rational after my little soapbox lecture today. I really am putting you in a good position to be successful in my goal for you, learning the subject matter.

Feel free to educate yourself about learning or to come and chat with me.

Work smart, not hard!

I am still a little embarrassed… I should have look more carefully at the exam before I sent it off to the copy machine.

Let’s try it again today. I am setting aside several hours this morning to fight with the printer

I may try to do a brief introduction to neuro on Wednesday, then have you guys do the group exam. Alternatively, I might do some memory stuff, because I really want you guys to understand how my testing scheme aids your learning. Perhaps get it in early enough in the semester to help you.

See you this afternoon. Stay Dry.