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Direct linkKathleen Fuegen; Gregory T. Hatchett – Teaching of Psychology, 2024
Background: Research on the experiences of tenured faculty employed at teaching-intensive institutions is lacking. Objective: We gathered data regarding how tenured psychology faculty allocate time. We identify variables that predict time allocation and report associations between time allocation and job satisfaction. Method: We surveyed 386…
Descriptors: Time Management, College Faculty, Tenure, Psychology
Richmond, Aaron S.; Berglund, Majken B.; Epelbaum, Vadim B.; Klein, Eric M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
Teaching effectiveness is often evaluated through student ratings of instruction (SRI). Research suggests that there are many potential factors that can predict student's perceptions of teaching effectiveness such as professor-student rapport, student engagement, and perceived humor of the instructor. Therefore, we sought to assess whether…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Effectiveness, Learner Engagement
Hughes, Sean; Lyddy, Fiona; Kaplan, Robin; Nichols, Austin Lee; Miller, Haylie; Saad, Carmel Gabriel; Dukes, Kristin; Lynch, Amy-Jo – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
Although past research has documented the prevalence of misconceptions in introductory psychology classes, few studies have assessed how readily upper-level undergraduate and graduate students endorse erroneous beliefs about the discipline. In Study 1, we administered a 30-item misconception test to an international sample of 670 undergraduate,…
Descriptors: Psychology, College Students, Misconceptions, Beliefs
Wu, Jennifer; Kraemer, Philipp – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
This project describes the results from a large enrollment introductory psychology course specially designed to improve performance of first-year students. The main objective of the project was to identify early indicators of student success to inform future teaching and promote classroom engagement. Variables representing academic preparation,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, Psychology, Academic Achievement
Freng, Scott; Webber, David – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
Previous research has linked teachers' physical attractiveness and students' evaluations of teaching. We expanded on this literature by using data from RateMyProfessors.com (RMP), a database popular among college students. Additionally, we examined the unique variance that physical attractiveness explains in student evaluations of teaching while…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Attraction, College Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Web Sites
Williams, Robert L.; Oliver, Renee; Allin, Jessica L.; Winn, Beth; Booher, Carrie S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2003
Students' scores on a psychological critical thinking instrument administered at the beginning and end of a large human development course significantly correlated with multiple-choice exam scores, with the posttest critical thinking scores being the better predictor of exam performance. The sample as a whole gained significantly on critical…
Descriptors: Psychology, Critical Thinking, Performance Based Assessment, College Students
Thompson, Ross A.; Zamboanga, Byron L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2003
Educational psychologists find that prior knowledge influences new learning. We examined whether course achievement for introductory psychology students is facilitated or impaired by their prior knowledge of psychology. We administered a pretest exam to 422 students early in the semester and gathered subsequent exam scores and other measures of…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Pretests Posttests, Psychologists, Scores
