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Ruscio, John – Teaching of Psychology, 2001
Describes a system that involves randomly administered quizzes and offers suggestions for its implementation in classes of any size. Presents data in support of the effectiveness of this technique stating that students completed their assigned reading at impressive rates when motivated by randomly administered quizzes. (CMK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Research, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness

Banyard, Victoria L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2000
Describes instructional use of brief first-person accounts of mental disorders. Explores the benefits of using first-person, autobiographical accounts as required reading in a course on abnormal psychology. Finds that first-person accounts were more helpful in increasing student appreciation of the experience of having a disorder and empathy for…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Course Content, Educational Strategies, Empathy