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Assessing Goal 4 Communication Skills for Psychology across Audience, Purpose, and Context
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Chew, Stephen L.; Neufeld, Garth; Hamill, Sharon; Taylor, Annette; Macias, Salvador, III. – Teaching of Psychology, 2020
The challenge of teaching communication skills outlined in Goal 4 of the "APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major" is that it occurs in many contexts and the communicator must adapt the form to match both context and purpose. We created a taxonomy of dimensions and kinds of communication that represents the various contexts…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Communication Skills, Psychology, Undergraduate Students
The Influence of Teacher Immediacy Behaviors on Student Performance in an Online Course (and the Problem of Method Variance)
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Campbell, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2014
Social presence (represented by salience of instructor and fellow students) in an online teaching environment has been shown to influence perceptions of course activity and self-estimates of learning. An experiment is described here in which teacher presence is manipulated via personalized messages from the teaching assistant throughout the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Behavior, Critical Thinking
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