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Heckert, Teresa M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2010
A primary barrier to the usage of the well-documented pedagogical technique of service learning is time. Successful experiences require faculty to devote significant time to facilitating the community partnership. Another challenge is student readiness for experiences, both in terms of knowledge and motivation. In this article, 2 adaptations are…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Educational Strategies, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
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Schonrock-Adema, Johanna; Van der Molen, Henk T.; van der Zee, Karen I. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
This article describes the effects of self-instruction training (SIT) in microcounseling skills compared to those of a traditional trainer-guided program (TT) in a pretest-posttest comparison group design. A sample of 193 undergraduate psychology students participated in this study: 97 students followed SIT and 96 students followed TT. We used…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Psychology, Microcounseling, Pretests Posttests
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Komarraju, Meera – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
Across 4 years, 87 teaching assistants (TAs) completed measures designed to assess personal efficacy, teacher efficacy, and liking for teaching before (pretest) and after (posttest) a weeklong training program. Paired sample t tests revealed a significant increase in personal efficacy and liking for teaching, a significant positive correlation…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Pretests Posttests, Correlation