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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Oh, and I forgot the facebook gossip I actually came over to post. I just got friended by a former student. I looked at his friends, and while I didn't find my other two students who were his buddies, I did find a girl. With their last name. And a baby.
So apparently my student is married and a parent. But they're twins, so I don't know which one is the babydaddy!
Ah, well that's a much nicer picture. And as you say, pizza and free wi-fi are always good.
yipes, it's bedtime.
Before I forget to say it, Javachik totally rocks!
She left work in the middle of her busy afternoon to drive me to the doctor for my post-chemo shot today.
Burrell, absolutely! I have to get to Platine in Culver City on some Saturday soon. Sooner than soon, actually.
Given that we only have 11 more messages, (10 after this) if I broke Natter now, how long until we get a new thread?
You'll probably kill it before I'm back from market. Kinda chilly this morning. And of course, all my fleeces but the ugliest are catfur encased...
But I can't figure out how to get them up and running on multiple choice.
I had a psychology professor who created tests for his classes that were designed to make students better at multiple choice tests. Studies show that the first impulse is more likely to be right than second guessing. His tests had an ungodly number of questions, some of which were rewording of previous questions, and the grading was based the number of questions you answered. Therefore, the more questions you answered, the less each error counted. The faster you tore through the test in the allotted time, marking your first choice and moving on, the better your grade.
I hope ita is sleeping.
Mmm... market. We haven't been to the farmer's market in over a month. Bad mommies.
I have to get to LACMA to see the fashion exhibit. There is a nice blog piece on the difficulty in fitting the mannequins: [link] Neat!
Ginger, that's cool. I'm not a second guesser at all when it comes to testing. In Joy Luck Club one of the characters talks about how she plays chess -- she just sees the write move as if wind is moving across the board. I used to feel like that with tests.
OH! I meant to add, one issue with my students is that they are major second guessers and they also rarely consciously make choices. So multiple choice is a lot of dithering for them. And their vocabs are atrocious.