Extra Credit

Race Test:

Test Result % of Test Takers
Strong automatic preference for White people 48%
Moderate automatic preference for White people 13%
Slight automatic preference for White people 12%
Little or no automatic preference 12%
Slight automatic preference for Black people 6%
Moderate automatic preference for Black people 4%
Strong automatic preference for Black people 6%

Wow, both of these tests were hard, I don't think that it really shows how you feel about whites or black because it was the kind of test that once you got into the swing of things they switched it on you so when you were use to pushing one button you had to change to punch another. It was fun to see if you could never mess up, but it was hard when you had to go fast. My brain does not think that fast:)

Gender Test:

Test Result % of Test Takers
Strong association between male and career 40%
Moderate association between male and career 15%
Slight association between male and career 12%
Little or no gender association with career or family 17%

This one was just as hard. I kept messing up on some of the girl and guys names because they were close to the spelling of a girl or guy name:) It was fun :)

Intelligence Test

IQ TEST:

When I started to take this test I got a little nervous because I never want to really know my results. I am scared that they will be worse then I think they are. As I got my result 107 I realized, even though its not that much higher then average, 100, it was still higher and that made me happy. This test told me that my biggest strength was under Pattern Recognition and that am strong in my intellectual capabilities. My weakest and lowest score was the General knowledge, not something someone want to be weak on, but oh well. they said i was not very good at historical events and figures.......Ain't that the truth:)

I would give this test to my students so they as well as I, know their strengths and weaknesses and know that needs to be worked on and improved. Also to remind them what they are good at.

Not as smart as this man, but I am happy with what I got:)

Multintelligence Test:

As I took this test it was hard to choose exactly how I felt. There are many times when I am doing something and I realize I like it once I am around it or doing it, but when I have to think back and remember how I feel or what I was like its hard to choose the right answer for me. My results were not to shocking though: This is what I thought the results would be. I am a P.E. major and that is the reason for the high score in Kinaestetic and I love to be around and work with groups a people, showing the high in interpersonal.

Kinaestetic: 21

Linguistis: 11

Logical: 19

Interpersonal: 22

Intrapersonal: 8

Musical: 16

Visual: 14

Naturalistic: 11

Yes. I would give this test to my students in a heart beat. I, as a teacher would love to know the best ways in which my students learn, if its as a group or on their own, it would help me become a better teacher and help my students to learn more effectively.

Article Research

I choose an article that went a long with my content area. Physical Education, it was about eating the right foods and how eating right can effect your learning. the article was called, "Brain Food" Dr. William Sears was asked by a teacher to look at a boy in her class. She was certain he had ADD. Dr. William went on to say that many kids that have ADD have NDD which means nutrition disorder.
To me this is a huge thing. I feel that I am going to have to deal with this in the gym. For me its important for my students to eat right so when they enter my class they can do the physical activities that they should be able to do without becoming weak. I think one "study" I can do in my P.E. classes is to have them write down what they ate that day or that week. Compare those answers to what they should eat and challenge them the following week to eat a little better. Having them write down what they ate and compare again the first answers with the last. Meanwhile throughout the two weeks I would evaluate them and see if I can notice any thing different in each student behavior and or participation.

Site: http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700228585,00.html

Educational Learning

Sept. 4, 2008
What? Today in Ed Psy, I learned about the different studies you can do.

Descriptive: describes, snapshot, its misused, used for a questioner tests
Pros: foundation
Cons: Only Informational

Correlational: connections & predictions between two variables. no absolute
Pros: Easy to do, Natural
Cons: Can draw false conclusion

Experimental: Has a control ( no change) and treatment (being tested) group. Random
assignment
Pros: cause and effect, solid, process
Cons: expensive, hard to find control group

Action: teacher in THEIR classes, addresses needs of students, change methods
Pros: Fills in holes, area specific, relevant
Cons: cant transfer, time, not on going.

So What?
To some this may not seem important but as the class progressed, I say the many different studies i could use while teaching in a classroom. Knowing the different studies helps us to come up with ways to study our class and evaluate different situations and see the different questions that pop up, in your mind and the minds of your student:)

Now What?
I feel that now I know the basic studies, I need to go more in depth with them and know them fully and understand them fully so I can start coming up with my own studies I would like to do in my classroom/gym:) I could even have the students come up with their own study that they would like to see take place.