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Learning the Brain in Introductory Psychology: Examining the Generation Effect for Mnemonics and Examples
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McCabe, Jennifer A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
The goal of this research was to determine whether there is a generation effect for learner-created keyword mnemonics and real-life examples, compared to instructor-provided materials, when learning neurophysiological terms and definitions in introductory psychology. Students participated in an individual (Study 1) or small-group (Study 2)…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Brain, Neurology, Physiology
Improving Learning through Interventions of Student-Generated Questions and Concept Maps
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Berry, Jack W.; Chew, Stephen L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
Using the principles of the scholarship of teaching and learning, we evaluated 2 learning strategies to determine if they could improve student exam performance in general psychology. After the second of 3 exams, we gave students the option of participating in a specific learning activity and assessed its impact using the third exam. In Study 1,…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Learning Strategies, Maps, Test Results
A Classroom Exercise in Impression Formation.
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Berrenberg, Joy L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1987
A classroom exercise for teaching students how to examine aspects of their own impression-formation processes is described. The data generated can be used to stimulate discussion about the origins of implicit personality theories, person prototypes, and the accuracy of first impressions. (Author/DH)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies
Pay Attention! Demonstrating the Role of Attention in Learning.
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Larsen, Janet D. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Describes a demonstration to illustrate the importance of knowing what is supposed to be learned before studying begins. Suggests that the exercise may be used to show the basic elements of a scientific experiment. Explains that attention's effect upon memory is shown by students' tendency to remember best what they are told to remember. (DK)
Descriptors: Attention, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Psychology, Experiments
How I Kicked the Lecture Habit: Inquiry Teaching in Psychology.
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Zachry, William H. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
Inquiry teaching requires students to engage in hypothesis formation, collection and evaluation of evidence, and the drawing of logical conclusions. Prerequisite skills for inquiry learning are discussed, and examples of inquiry learning in a college level general psychology course are presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Discovery Learning, Higher Education
Effects of Writing Summaries as a Generative Learning Activity during Note Taking.
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Davis, Martha; Hult, Richard E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Investigates the efficiency of a novel addition to the routine of note taking, writing brief summaries of the lecture material during four-minute breaks within the lecture. A group of students wrote three sets of summaries during a 21-minute lecture and showed significant improvement in understanding over other groups. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Higher Education, Intentional Learning, Learning Activities
Fighting Shyness with Shyness: An Exercise in Survey Methodology and Self-Awareness.
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Carducci, Bernardo J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes an in-class exercise designed to teach basic principles of survey methodology and to educate students about the pervasiveness and problems associated with shyness in college students. Students complete a brief survey on shyness and the instructor summarizes the results for the class as part of a lecture on survey methodology. (MJP)
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Communication
Lessons Learned from an Interdisciplinary Writing Course: Implications for Student Writing in Psychology.
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Dunn, Dana S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Discusses writing techniques and assessment methods used in an interdisciplinary writing course. Recommends freewriting, small-group writing assignments, and peer tutoring. Supports assessment by more than one faculty evaluator, peer feedback, and optional versus mandatory rewriting. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Higher Education