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Friday, May 3, 19G8 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Page 3 TPh TFtV 4 Z J1 im tractl mi omajiizecii Psychology I if. I m it (BF By FRANK BALLARD Of The DTH Staff Dr. David Eckerman is an assistant professor of psychol ogy who objects to large, "un dignified" classes where "stu dents are massed together like cattle and must race together from the green light, with the highest grades going to the fastest students." And he and another assistant professor of psychology. Dr. Vincent LoLordo, are doing something about it using a method developed by Dr. Fred Keller, who is currently with the Institute for Behavior Research at Silver Springs, Md. Dr. Eckerman believes the new teaching system is a valuable advance, "something different than, slicing the same old bologna a new way. ' Two-hundred students taking Psychology 26, an introductory course known ft its huge struction system being used for the first time at UNC next fall. Dr. Eckerman and Dr. LoLordo, of psychology, will instruct the students, -with the help of 20 student proctors. One reason the new teaching of students into smaller "personalized" is its division learning groups in which they get individual attention. Dr. Eckman and Dr. LoLordo will each have one class of 100 students. Each student proctof, selected after Psychology 26, will work with 10 students. It is his responsibility to get them through the course. But the proctors will not carry freeloaders the student moves through the chapter-sized units of study at his own pace, proceeding to the next uint only after he has scored 100 on the unit's quiz. Dr. Eckerman and Dr. LoLordo will not hold required their sections will lectures in the usual sense, meet three times a week for study sessions. During these hours a student who leels he is prepared to advance to the next unit mayo to his proctor and take the unit quiz. ;The quizzes will have, a 20 minute time limit and consist of short identifications, fUl-in-the-blanks and ah essay of moderate length. "If the student gets less than 60 per cent correct answers, his proctor will tell him It was unwise for you to come at this point. Study and come back,'" Dr. Eckerman said. "If he scores above 60 per cent, but not 100 per cent, he qualifies for a discussion of his errors with his proctor see if he knew the right answer but phrased it imporperiy," continued Dr. Eckerman. "The proctor will show him how to find the correct answer and tell him to return for another quiz.' Each quiz will have different questions on the same material; retests are not designed to cover specifically what the student missed on his previous quiz. Should a student score 100 per cent correct on his first unit quiz, he advances im mediately to the next unit. The role of the proctor is not easy although he is pro vided with answers to the unit quizzes, he must be able to answer the questions of 10 dif ferent students. And Dr. aren't going to let slipshod work through." 4 The proctors should not be burdened with final evaluation of the students' progress. The final exam and all unit quizzes will be checked by the in structor personally. Proctors receive three hours of course credit, one less than their students. Dr. Eckerman proctors "will probably be predicted that grades for the high" unless they show an ob vious neglect in their duties. Another duty of the proctor could also be considered a reward. "The proctor's other job is to improve the course," "They'll point out where die students are having trouble and where the exams are in a place where students as pro ctors can act to improve the curriculum very substan tiallysomething long lacking in universtiies. ' Besides the three hour sessions on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the proctors r-ust work with students one hour each .... Wednesday , t: and. meet with the uistruotors two hours weekly for an evaluation of the course. As rough as their job may sound, Dr. Eckerman reported that proctors needed for both sections of the course has been obtained. One protection for the pro ctors, who will not be graded directly on their students grades, is that the student moves at his own pace and literally chooses the grade he wants in the course. If he completes the. course and final exam before the semester is over, he is finish ed. The record time for finishing a simtfar personalized instruction psychology course among several other universities is eight weeks. While the course deadline will be left to each student's "own sensr of urgency," Dr. Eckerman said that because Q Sharyn Lynn Shoppe offers Culottes By Charlie's Girls Peerless N Summit from $7.98 in Solids, Prints and Patterns Blouses and Knit Tops to Co-ordinate with Bottoms. Sharyn Lynn Shoppe 22 E. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, N. C. of the established semester system "we'll push him in the direction of finishing the course in the semester." "For the future, though, tehre's no strict reason for courses to be one semester long. It's only for convenience and there may be another way,' he pointed out. "The personalized in struction style could be adapted to every course in the University it's not limited to psychology." Personalized instruction was developed by Dr. Keller, cur rently with the Institute for Behavior Research at Silver Springs, Md. He experimented with it while teaching at Columbia University, and in troduced it full-scale at the University of Brasilia and Arizona State University. Queens University recently adopted a personalized in struction psychology course. Thus Dr. Eckerman labeled UNC's course as "not a really radical step." However, the grades in previous personal ized courses are indeed radical, if not revolutionary. Data from universities already conducting personaliz ed courses shows almost half to more than half the students get A's and one-fifth get B's. Moreover, 90 per cent of the students enjoyed working with proctors and thought this is- the best aspect . of the system. Ninety-five per cent thought the student-proctor in teraction was a "helpful educational experience,, reported Dr. Eckerman. Mome 6BeuBirkI Lacks Smspeimse By HARVEY ELLIOTT Of The DTH Staff BERSERKI! with Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors. Directed by Jim O'Con nelly. A Columbia Release. At the Carolina. Old actresses never die. Ttjy just make bad horror flicks. Bette Davis rolled her eyeballs in Dead Ringer. Joan Crawford wielded an axe in Strait-Jacket. And Barbara Stanwyck ran from The Night VVaker. Now Joan is at it again in Berserk! But, unlike the others, this movie doesn't even have its thrilling moments. For even in the worst of horror films, there is a moment 'maybe two or three where something hap pens all-of-a -sudden (even if you know, it's coming!) and -you leap a couple of feet into . the air. ,, . There is no suspense in Berserk! There are no moments of breathtaking ter ror, mere is only . Joan Crawford, playing a .circus ringmistress and fighting her way through a very poor script and a very padded pro duction. You see, somebody's been messing up Miss Crawford's circus acts drivnig steel ispikes through the partner's head and getting a lady sawed in half and like that. The whodunit end of the script is the only surprise and a mild one, at that. In between the What-Hap-pened and the Whodunit, this movie has crammed a little bit of everything into the pldt. Not blood, gore and carnage naw, there's only about 3 minutes of that altogether. Things like a rough-and-tumble fight (completewiith hair-pulling) between two Ladies of toe Circus. And a musical number done at the Circus Social by the bearded lady and the midget (honest! a straight soog-nand-dancS). And ' approximately 25 minutes . of legitimate circus acts (like "Phyllis Allen And Her Intelligent Poodles") thrown in to take up the time vacated by the flimsy plot. By donning Miss Crawford in dark tights and a hairdo more fitting for her daughter than herself, director Jim O Connelly (who?) has tried to convince the audience of feasability of the plot: she is having an affair with a tightropewalker (remember Ty Hardin of "Cheyenne"?). But everything comes into focus wnen we realize that he is only after her circus. He gets his. As does everybody. For if anything stands out justice!. For if anything stands out in this production, it is justice! It would foe unfair to tell you whodidit on the other hand, it might dissuade you from seeing it, which is all the better. Anyway, the murderer gets his just reward in the closing frame with an aptly aimed 'bolt of htning. All the bad guys are stashed away. And all the good guys tan pick up the pieces and go on,, , , tightropewtalMng. .and depnant-itraining ; and clowning around. One of the more brilliant lines scripted by Agen Kandel and Herman Cohen are the following:" "Nothing's certain in show business. We've eaten caviar and we've eaten sawdust." Now, Carolina Theatre, it's about time for that caviar. Art Dept. Gets Visiting Profs Three distinguished visiting ternationally-known wate r f acuity members, one an in colorist. will join the depart ment of art at the University of North Carolina this sum mer. Keith Crown, David Loshalk and Paul Magennis will teach during the two-term summer session which will offer courses in art history and studio art on the undergraduate and graduate level. An exhibitor of internationil reputation, Mr. Crown is presently on the faculty of the University of Southern California and past president of the California Watercolor Society. One of the few major painters working today in file watercolor meblum, his work has been exhibited in the Denver Art Museum, the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, National Gallery in Ottawa, Canada, the Belles Artes in Mexico City, As well as in numerous one man art shows throughout the United States. Professor Crown will teach "Illustration His major interest is in the painting of the 18th and 19th century, particularly in England. He is now .writing a book on the English painter Watts. Professor Loshak will teach a "Survey of Renaissance and Baroque Art" and a graduate course in "18th Century Art". and Pictorial Composition: Watercolor". David Loshak, visiting pro fessor in art history, formerly on tfie staff of the University of. Iowa, has taught at 'Michigan State University, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Stockholm. A graduate of the Clare mont Graduate School, Paul Magennis, will be visiting lec turer in ceramics and sculpture. He has taught in Ontario, Canada, and Los Angeles, and will join the UNC art department staff in Sep tember. Mr. Magennis will leach "Basic Sculpture" and "Ceramic Design". Profs Take 'Shois By LOUISE JENNINGS "My advice to this genera t'on is vO change the 'com mandment' Thou shalt not commit thyself to 'CARE'" Walter Spearman advised at the Valkyries program Tues day night. Spearman spoke along with Dr. Bernard H. Boyd at the iirst annual "Parting Shots" j? ;.M t M uJHAT ARE W J1 7$ C HAPPENED IN , If X R VPetaiMa? "" V- OFFICIAL RUES AND REGULATIONS OF WRIST UJRSTUNe...TRE CONTESTANTS FACE EACH OTHER GRASPING THE BASE OF EACH OTHER'S THUM3ANIX,. a I WAS DISQUALIFIES... I DCM'T HAVE A THUMB! A" Iu4 IMUf Mime. Urnmm TM I HES.'QU! fiO.VT SER, RECOSMZZ I Kstttd ME?! A f0 O' COURSE I 00, N OARLIN'-YER I A MOMMA 1 - AVXI m :-e -rw 1-1. -afc j, V T V J -DTH Stag Photo by STEVE ADAMS Branches Form Frame For Church Calendar PSYCH OUT! Morrison Residence College will sponsor "The Electric Renaissance" Saturday night after the concert, 9:30-1:30, in tiie Morrison S o ci a 1 Lounge. Admission to all Morrison residents and their dates. Body paint ABC SALE ( Attic-Baseiient- . Cupboard at tfie Chapel of the Cross Parish House, East Franklin Street, from 11 a.m. to 5 pjn. All sorts i oft .white elephants, rum mage, clothes, treasures, books, records, toys and games, food and baked goods and lunch. APPLICATIONS available for the Order, of the Old Well in Dean of Men's office. South Building. Due May 6. VARSITY BASEBALL game with South Carolina today in Chapel HOI at 1:30 p.m. FREE FLICK, "How to Steal a Million" in Carroll Hall at 7:30 and 9 p.m. SOUTHERN SHORT COURSE in photography at Carolina Inn from; 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. COREY ENTERPRISES PRESENTS IUq Class of Tfze Pop Field t 1 I 1 t 3 t X t : SATURDAY MAY 4, 8 P.M. . D0RTON ARENA , RAIEIGH ' '' $4.00-$3.50-$3.00 Tkkm m ult NOW at Iht Kecord Ur ia ttleigh. Durham and Chpl Hill, Thitm card Star in Uleh. Matt orders to "Th four Snen' PJX lox 5547. DiAt Station. DurtM.M.C THE FOUR 1 SEASONS I featuring J FRANKIE ! VALLI I 32 GOLD RECORDS-CVfl 53,009,009 tECCKSS SOLO SUnf tlfrM Wl Of M Urn M Mm Cadr M m m M UTf Bm 9a Ami M 4 ta Mr 9m BU Iwtm Mr Mate M Cmm la rto M jm 9mm mf . Pinm 9m fltea Waka 1m Hmm tnm ! im rtmt am a mmm ti ai myvm BUY NOW AND EE ASSURED A GOOD SEAT m CJrf (m tavfaf WmUm r Wm M U Tm m pm It -v f SUm m It 9 U Tmrlim ifrt3 Cm Mm Cmmt X t Jmk far UUm Of By U Sm Umm m Mm T tmWM 1m Urn I HUUH fAUk I tm fafcf r T X sponsored by the Valkyries. Each was given fifteen minutes to leave their final thoughts with the present col lege generation. Spearman indicated that during the Eisenhower ad ministration there was a feel ing of apathy among college students and the general com mitment NOT to commit onese!f to anything. After Kennedy there was a reversal of the trend he con tinued, citing examples of Civil Rights rallies and an in crease in Peace Corps Volunteers. "I-look around campus for commitments by students and I find them" he continued. Examples he indicated are the recent contemporary music lesllval fraternities coaching children in the area and Tar Heel reporters "working day after day with their weary eyes on South Building to pro wde news for the students." "I have a belief in your ultimate triumph and I Care," Spearman concluded drawing on a similar message offered him by playwright Paul Green when he was a professor and Spearman was a student at UNC. "We can get along without a lot of things but without beauty, truth and goodness we could not live" Dr. Boyd indicated as his main message. SATISFIED WITH YOUR SUMMER. PLAN s? WE ARE Jerry Borbely Jon Radford Fred Chaunccy Don Riggs Howard Clark John Ripley Noel Dunivanr Edwin "Bud" Salter Don Eastwood John Sauls Steve Erickson James Schnell Jerry Griffin Bill Scurry Dan Lindley Greg Snow Nate Lipscomb Ashley Thrift David Mitchell Lyn Turner Dwayne Oglcsby Hershcl Wix Rick Page Tom Worley Vestal Palmer Bill Adams ESTABLISHED 86B v "N I :
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