journal articles. Teaching of Psychology,18, 45-46.

If you want to use Dr. Ault´s activity, this handout will make life easier for you.
To use it,

• Get a copy of

  Patterson, C. J. & (1979). Attentional determinants

  of children's self-control in waiting and working situations.

  Child Development,50, 272-275.

   

• Use the key on the second page of the hand-out to label each paragraph. Thus, the first paragraph would be (the Abstract) "J," the second "N," the third "A"and so on until you get to paragraph 19 (which you would label "E" ). Skip over paragraphs 20, 21, and 22. Then, label paragraph 23 (the last paragraph) "M."

   

• Now, cut out each of your 20 paragraphs (remember, you are throwing away paragraphs 20-22 of the original article), put them in alphabetical order, tape them to a piece of paper, and make copies.

   

• Hand out the scrambled version of the article and the first part of the handout and watch your students work for an hour or so.

   

• Score them using this key.