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Guo, Fangfang; Yao, Meilin; Wang, Cong; Yan, Wenfan; Zong, Xiaoli – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
Previous research indicated that service learning (SL) is an effective pedagogy to improve students' problem-solving ability and increase their classroom engagement. However, studies on SL are rare in China. This study examined the effects of SL on the problem solving of Chinese undergraduate students as well as the mechanism through which it…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement
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Kottke, Janet L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1988
A project requiring undergraduate students to prepare job analyses and use them to develop other personnel procedures is described. The project requires analysis of a job, preparation of task statements, and description of requisite abilities for that job. Discusses positive feedback from students and provides recommendations for instructors.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Job Analysis, Personnel Policy, Psychology
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Catanzaro, Diane – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Describes how the job characteristics model (J. R. Hackman), used by industrial-organizational psychologists to enhance the motivating potential of jobs in industry, can be applied to increase student motivation. The job characteristics model describes the relationship between the core characteristics of skill variety, task identity, task…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education