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A Classroom Study on the Role of Prior Knowledge and Retrieval Tool in the Testing Effect
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Francis, Andrea P.; Wieth, Mareike B.; Zabel, Kevin L.; Carr, Thomas H. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2020
This quasi-experimental study investigated the role of prior psychology knowledge and in-class retrieval activity in the testing effect. Undergraduate introductory psychology students (N = 53) from two classes at a small liberal arts college practiced retrieving information in class with multiple-choice quizzing and concept mapping. Prior…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Psychology, Testing, Undergraduate Students
From Anxiety to Confidence: Exploring the Measurement of Statistics Confidence and Its Relationship with Experience, Knowledge and Competence within Psychology Undergraduate Students
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Paltoglou, Aspasia E.; Morys-Carter, Wakefield L.; Davies, Emma L. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2019
Psychology students often feel anxious about learning statistics, which can impact their performance. However, little research has explored statistics confidence, which may be an important way to reduce the negative connotations of associating statistics with anxiety. We aimed to explore whether modifying an existing measure of statistics anxiety…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Statistics, Mathematics Anxiety, Psychology
Empirically Founded Teaching in Psychology--An Example for the Combination of Evidence-Based Teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Boser, Julia; Scherer, Sonja; Kuchta, Kathrin; Wenzel, S. Franziska C.; Horz, Holger – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2017
To improve teaching in higher education, teachers in psychology are encouraged to use evidence-based teaching, that is, to apply empirical findings regarding learning and teaching, when designing learning opportunities. This report illustrates the combination of evidence-based teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Evidence Based Practice