Debra Wetcher-Hendricks
Biographic Data
| ID | 6096970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debra Wetcher-Hendricks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debra |
| FAMILY NAME | Wetcher-Hendricks |
| SIGNATURE | WETCHER-HENDRICKS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Moravian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8520-6160 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Curveballs in the Data
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Triple-A starting pitchers may appear in more than one game within a six-game series. Batters’ lack of memory decay (Lebiere et al., 2003) may put these pitchers at a disadvantage during their second game. Conditions for this testing effect, however, do not exist in Major League Baseball (MLB). Thus, MiLB starting pitchers’ statistics may not effectively predict their MLB performance, threatening criterion-related val…
Generational Spending Habits
The expectation of familiarity with technologies embedded in millennial lifestyle creates a sort of cultural lag, with older generations struggling to understand and use these technologies. However, older generations’ failure to accept new technologies, at least to some degree, would lead to social stagnation. From a populist standpoint, concerns of both generations deserve attention. Hypotheses contend that those in younger generations feel grea…
Flying Solidarity as an Introductory Lesson in Social Theory
Although students rely on social solidarity in their everyday lives, they generally fail to acknowledge its existence. An active learning class exercise, conducted within approximately 35 minutes, introduces sociology students to Emile Durkheim’s concept of solidarity and the distinction between its mechanical and organic forms. Some groups of students perform the task of creating and flying paper airplanes under the pretense of organic solidarit…
Teaching Stratification with Crayons
Lessons on social stratification present challenges for both sociology teachers and students. As students tend to be acquainted primarily with the lifestyle to which they have been raised, they often have little understanding of the widespread effects of social inequality. The exercise described in this article attempts to expose students to some of these effects. The professor creates a stratified classroom by distributing crayon packs of variou…
Teaching Stratification with Crayons
Lessons on social stratification present challenges for both sociology teachers and students. As students tend to be acquainted primarily with the lifestyle to which they have been raised, they often have little understanding of the widespread effects of social inequality. The exercise described in this article attempts to expose students to some of these effects. The professor creates a stratified classroom by distributing crayon packs of variou…
Teaching Stratification with Crayons
Lessons on social stratification present challenges for both sociology teachers and students. As students tend to be acquainted primarily with the lifestyle to which they have been raised, they often have little understanding of the widespread effects of social inequality. The exercise described in this article attempts to expose students to some of these effects. The professor creates a stratified classroom by distributing crayon packs of variou…
Generational Spending Habits
The expectation of familiarity with technologies embedded in millennial lifestyle creates a sort of cultural lag, with older generations struggling to understand and use these technologies. However, older generations’ failure to accept new technologies, at least to some degree, would lead to social stagnation. From a populist standpoint, concerns of both generations deserve attention. Hypotheses contend that those in younger generations feel grea…
Flying Solidarity as an Introductory Lesson in Social Theory
Although students rely on social solidarity in their everyday lives, they generally fail to acknowledge its existence. An active learning class exercise, conducted within approximately 35 minutes, introduces sociology students to Emile Durkheim’s concept of solidarity and the distinction between its mechanical and organic forms. Some groups of students perform the task of creating and flying paper airplanes under the pretense of organic solidarit…
Curveballs in the Data
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Triple-A starting pitchers may appear in more than one game within a six-game series. Batters’ lack of memory decay (Lebiere et al., 2003) may put these pitchers at a disadvantage during their second game. Conditions for this testing effect, however, do not exist in Major League Baseball (MLB). Thus, MiLB starting pitchers’ statistics may not effectively predict their MLB performance, threatening criterion-related val…
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Class (philosophy (1 work) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (1 work) · Currency (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work)