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Show Diagrams, Not Study Questions, are the Key to Higher Examination Scores (CPS) Students who want to get high scores on tests should depend less on going over study questions and more on diagrams and charts, a Syracuse University professor said in releasing a study of how collegians learn. , Robert Branch, an assistant professor in the School of Education said his study proves students retain knowledge more effectively when the information is presented in flow diagram form a graphic design made up of pictures and short text, presented in sequence than when its in text form Flow 'charts work well for cyclical information or logical reasoning," said Branch, whoconducted the study at Virginia Tech last year while earning his doctorate degree. The hydraulic cycle of clouds, rain, water and evaporation is a good example of the type of information that can be more easily learned in diagram than from study questions, Branch said. The research randomly divided 129 undergraduates and graduates students into four groups to prepare for the same test. Each group had 15 minutes to study different materials presenting the same information about earth science. One group Students Lie in Order to Have Sex, Study Suggests (CPS) Many collegians lie in order to have sex, a survey of California students has found. Psychologist Susan Cochran of California State Uni versity-Northridand Vickie Mays ofthe Uni versity of California-Lo- s Angeles recruited 665 Southern California collegians to answer questions about lying and sex. A total of 422 of the respondents said they were sexually active. Of those sexually active, 34 percent of the men and 10 percent of the women said they had lied so their partner would have sex with them. Much higher percentages 47 percent of the men and 60 percent of the women said they had been lied to, the survey found. ge Although those surveyed werent chosen to represent college students in general, Cochran and Mays said the results show that asking dates about their sexual behavior wont guarantee protection from the AIDS virus and other sexually used a textbook, another a flow diagram. The other two groups used a textbook with study questions, and a diagram with study questions. The group that used only the flow diagram outscored all other groups with an average 18.7 out of 24 points. The group that used the diagram and study questions came in second with a 16.9 score. Study questions are beneficial, but only when students use them correctly, Branch said. The problem with them, he added, is that students use them to seek and find answers rather than trying to understand the information. Study questions help but the conditions must be clearly understood," Branch said. Students tend to find information that will satisfy the question. They just locate the answer instead of taking advantage of stimulus response." ONE DAY ONLY The annual Spring Pottery Sale will be held Monday, April 9th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Shaw Center Lounge. Items for sale will include clay baskets, bowls, plates, mugs, etc., as well as porcelain chimes and ceramic jewelry. . Take advantage of this great opportunity to purchase Easter and Mothers Day gifts. Once again, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Salt Lakes homeless. transmitted diseases because the answers cant always be believed. One student said people at his school dont lie because most arent too concerned about the sexual history of their partners. Were a little freer here with sexual attitudes," said Steven Segal a student government member at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. I dont think (AIDS) is quite as a big a concern here. We have wilder attitudes. The results are especially troubling in lightofa 1989 study by the American College Health Association (ACHA) that found two out of every 1,000 collegians are infected with the AIDS virus. Its just another thing that shows students have to be very careful, said Joanne Hellebrand of the Maryland-base- d ACHA. Students need to protect themselves even if theyre pressured from their partner. When asked what aspects of their past they would be most willing to lie about, 47 percent of the men and 42 percent of the women said they would understate the number of their sexual partners. Twenty percent of the men, but only 4 percent of the women, said they would lie about their (CPS) Asked to explain why presidents of results on a blood test for the AIDS virus. Atlantic Coast Conference schools sent a The men were less likely than the formal complaint to Playboy magazine women to confess to infidelity or tell a lover about i ts current Girl s ofthe ACC pictorial , that they were also involved with someone Duke University spokesman David else. Forty three percent of the men and 34 Roberson said it was to put the ACC on percent of the women said they would record as opposed to the depiction of women never tell a lover about a single episode of we find demeaning and offensive. infidelity. Twenty-tw- o percent of the men At a Duke forum called to discuss the and 35 percent of the women said they Playboy feature March 1, sophomore Ian would. Wickersham told the assembled students Asked whether would be honest if and faculty members that the controversy they were involved inthey two concurrent sexual arose only because were all scared someone relationships, most said maybe. Sixty-fiv- e is going to ask us to take our clothes off." percent of the men and 61 percent of Though no one asked him to, Wickersham the women said theyd tell a partner about then took off all his clothes, the Duke the other relationship when (it seemed) Chronicle reported. safe to do so or only if asked. . ACC Objects to Playboy Pictorial -- Out of time? . . . We re talking extra-quicextra-men- u items to suit any timely taste! Put a bowl of homemade soup alongside a fresh baked bagel. Choose a fresh A satisfying specialty of the day. 'Iced fruit drinks, juices, Soho, Koala, Coffee From Around the World. Dessert. Of course, some people love our bagels so much, they simply stay and munch the day away.' So come on in. Breakfast, lunch, or later. We'll take just enough time to moke you redly hoppy. k, deli-sala- d. 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