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Peer reviewedBlevins-Knabe, Belinda – Teaching of Psychology, 1987
Discusses various ways that writing can facilitate learning in a developmental psychology course. Argues that writing assignments are valuable because they promote active learning and provide another way to teach psychology. (Author/GEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Developmental Psychology, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedSnodgrass, Sara E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
Described are practical ways in which writing can be used to help students learn the concepts and methods of social psychology. These include keeping a course log (a type of journal), writing analyses of published articles, doing an observational study, and writing a formal research report. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
Peer reviewedBeers, Susan E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
The portfolio writing assignment given to students in a life span developmental psychology course required that they complete 10-15 typewritten pages of writing for the course. Students were allowed to choose their own projects; for example, they might write about an interview they had conducted, or discuss an outside reading. (RM)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Descriptions, Developmental Psychology, Higher Education
