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Collaborative Quizzes: Impact on Student Performance and Attendance
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Petrunich-Rutherford, Maureen L.; Daniel, Frances – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
The current study investigated whether collaborative quizzing impacted quiz performance, overall grades, exam grades, pass/fail rates, and attendance in upper-level psychology courses. Students enrolled in two sections of upper-level psychology courses completed collaborative quizzes, whereas students enrolled in two noncollaborative sections…
Descriptors: Psychology, Attendance, Tests, Grades (Scholastic)
The Undergraduate Psychology Major: An Examination of Structure and Sequence
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Stoloff, Michael; McCarthy, Maureen; Keller, Lizbeth; Varfolomeeva, Veronika; Lynch, Joanna; Makara, Kara; Simmons, Samantha; Smiley, Whitney – Teaching of Psychology, 2010
Early study of the curriculum focused on the ideal array of experiences that should comprise the psychology major. We developed a standardized coding scheme to identify common curricula and course titles across institutions and current implementation of the curriculum. We compared psychology major programs in 2005 to programs described a decade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Psychology, Majors (Students), Curriculum Implementation
A Laboratory Course in Lifespan Developmental Psychology.
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Hartley, Deborah G. – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Describes a college-level psychology laboratory course designed to provide experience with current methods and issues in developmental research. Course content included an overview of developmental research methods, issues in research design and a review of current literature. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Developmental Psychology, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Teaching History of Psychology through Art and Music.
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Nissim-Sabat, Denis – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Describes a college level history of psychology course designed to use art and music as a means of aiding students in recognizing the relationship between their present research and service interests and psychology's past. The course approached history in a less abstract fashion and stressed the interrelationship between the development of…
Descriptors: Art, Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Helping Others and Helping Yourself: An Evaluation of Two Training Modules in a College Course.
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Payne, Paul A.; Woudenberg, Roger A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1978
A study was undertaken to compare teaching methods in a college level psychology of adjustment course. The first method involved training individuals to be therapists to those needing help. The second method trained individuals needing help to be their own therapists. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Effects of Competing Activities in Test Performance in Large Introductory Courses in Psychology.
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Lore, Richard – Teaching of Psychology, 1978
A study was undertaken among 595 students in a college psychology course to determine the relationship of test performance to competing academic assignments. Findings indicate that, in spite of a high anxiety level, college students are able to deal with the usual variations in workload that characterize academia. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Classroom Environment, Course Descriptions
Prelims in Experimental Psychology at the University of Georgia.
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Hodge, Milton H. – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Explains how psychology teachers at the University of Georgia designed preliminary examinations in the psychology graduate program to demonstrate research skills. The prelims centered around choosing, analyzing, and elaborating three research problems. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Descriptions, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives