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azurelunatic) wrote2002-08-28 07:50 am
azurelunatic) wrote2002-08-28 07:50 am
Mua-ha-ha: psychology in action.
Having a test today in Bird's class during the second hour. In the first hour, he finished up the presentation on Chapter 7 (one of the chapters on the test), and opened up the one for Chapter 8, which is not on the test.
I raised my hand, and gently suggested that since 8 was not to be on the test, and being a psychology teacher he should know this, that the material from Chapter 8 would cause interference with the things we'd just learned from Chapter 7; perhaps we should have the test sooner, rather than later.
He had to think about that one for a little bit. I was right, and the whole class knew it.
Consequently, we are having our test ten minutes sooner than we would have, especially because the next chapter covers Easter Island in the first slide, and he wants to spend quite a bit of time covering that. He'll just have to talk a bit faster our next class meeting.
Baroness Babble thanked me; we'd been talking about that, among other things, yesterday, which was what gave me the idea. Everything I can do to improve the class for everyone...
I raised my hand, and gently suggested that since 8 was not to be on the test, and being a psychology teacher he should know this, that the material from Chapter 8 would cause interference with the things we'd just learned from Chapter 7; perhaps we should have the test sooner, rather than later.
He had to think about that one for a little bit. I was right, and the whole class knew it.
Consequently, we are having our test ten minutes sooner than we would have, especially because the next chapter covers Easter Island in the first slide, and he wants to spend quite a bit of time covering that. He'll just have to talk a bit faster our next class meeting.
Baroness Babble thanked me; we'd been talking about that, among other things, yesterday, which was what gave me the idea. Everything I can do to improve the class for everyone...