Scary

[Richard J Senghas]

Well, those numbers seem better than how it used to be.  Now let's  
see what you get out of them AFTER you've had them for a semester

To be fair, there have been some semesters where the final exams have  
revealed that I've not had the effect I had hoped.  However, there is  
a correlation between classroom attendance and those who seem to  
learn.  I guess that means I actually do have some effect, if they  
give me a chance....

-RJS

On 31 Aug 2007, , at 1:56 PM, Robert Lawless wrote:

> You take what you can get and be happy about it.
>
> At 03:02 PM 8/31/2007, Ronald Kephart wrote:
>> Here's one of the questions from the pretest in my Intro to Anthro  
>> class:
>>
>> Many African Americans in the United States speak Ebonics, also  
>> called
>> African American English. Ebonics is:
>> Answers                                              Percent Answered
>> a sign of linguistic deprivation.            40%
>> a perfectly normal human language.     31.429%
>> a sign of cognitive deficit.                       8.571%
>> an indication of educational deficit.     20%
>>
>> Should we just be happy that nearly a third picked the "right"  
>> answer?
>> -----------
>> Ron
>
>
>

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