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Promoting Systematic Information Processing in the Classroom

This article describes a strategy for sustaining students' attention and systematic information processing. The instructor imbeds an absurdity, called a norm of ridiculosity quotient (NORQ), into the daily presentation for students to detect. The logistics and implications of implementing the NORQ exercise in an advanced seminar class of 18 students are discussed. Pedagogical benefits of the strategy are also considered.