TCIS

Week 21

AP Psychology students: How intelligent are you? According to Spearman, Thurstone, Garnder, Strenberg, and Goleman what are your strengths? What are the dangers of limiting intelligence to IQ? While we all agree that your educators should teach to your multiple intelligences, should they assess them equally? Should your essay score equal someone else’s drawing score? Should universities use the SAT or portfolios for admissions? What is the best way to measure and use aptitude and achievement in high school assessments and university admissions? And what about your teachers, should they be tested? When? How? Any data proves that existing practices work? What is the best way to teach to all the students' intelligences>

Week 21

Grade 9 History Students: What aspects of ancient African society might be root causes of today's ethnic/clan problems in Africa? How has trade and colonialism exacerbated these divides? How has African art perpetuated the importance of ancestral worship? Is there a link between ancient divination practices and modern clan conflicts? And here's your chapter review sheet: Download Ch7review And your Hist. Fic. rubric. Staple it to the back of your project: Download Rubric.His.Fic 

 

Week 18

AP Psychology Students: Please take the personality test linked below. What did you learn? How could this be useful? How did Jung’s theories differ from Freud’s? Where do you think personality comes from? Or what is it? Whose theories are best?

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

Try some more personality tests or intelligence tests. Is one approach better than the other? Do you have a favorite?

http://www.nedprod.com/Niall_stuff/intelligence_test.html

http://www.psychtests.com/cgi-bin/tests/transfer.cgi 

http://www.intelligencetest.com/test/signupuser.php 

http://www.mindandmuscle.net/content/page-304.html 

http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=6 

http://hlavolamy.szm.sk/download/iq-tests-logic-games.htm 

Week 18

Grade 9 History Students: Is repetitive struggle a part of Arab Islamic life? How has the Sunni and Shiite split affected the Islamic world both immediately after Muhammad's death and during current conflicts? Which group has been more faithful to the word of Allah? Are Islamic civilization’s nepotism and sexism faithful to the Islamic religious principles of honesty and justice? How is Islam better than its predecessors? http://religion-cults.com/Islam/islam.htm

And please download and print the attachment below for Ch. 6: Download Ch6review