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Direct linkBalch, William R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2012
On their first class day, introductory psychology students took a 14-question multiple-choice pretest on several principles of memory including primacy, recency, storage, retrieval, counterbalancing, and the free-recall method. I randomly preassigned students to come at one of two different times to the second class, 2 days later, when they either…
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Lecture Method, Recall (Psychology), Introductory Courses
Stansbury, Jessica A.; Munro, Geoffrey D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2013
This study tested the effectiveness of video game use for instruction of factorial designs in a research methods course. Students designed and conducted a mini study, playing "Dance, Dance, Revolution", using video game scores as the dependent variable. A mixed-design analysis of variance revealed a significantly greater increase from pretest to…
Descriptors: Video Games, Research Methodology, Courses, Psychology
Lewis, J. Scott; Harrison, Marissa A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2012
Chickering and Gamson's notable summary of the best practices of undergraduate teaching include promoting active learning, cooperation, and student-faculty contact. The present study hypothesized that online delivery of lecture prior to course meetings allows more in-class time to achieve these goals. Students in a control group received a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Active Learning, Lecture Method, Blended Learning
Balch, William R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2010
To determine whether a classroom experiment improved the learning of experimental method, at the start of the semester 2 introductory psychology classes took a 10-question multiple-choice pretest on experimental method. Two days later, before the instructor covered the relevant material in the course, 1 class took part in a classroom experiment on…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Psychology, Lecture Method, Experiments
Balch, William R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
At the beginning of the semester, 2 introductory psychology classes took 1 pretest requiring them to match 12 psychological disorders with the correct definitions and another requiring them to match the disorders with appropriate examples. Twelve weeks later, both classes heard lecture material on the disorders. One class also performed an…
Descriptors: Psychology, Lecture Method, Introductory Courses, Intermode Differences
Nevid, Jeffrey S.; Mahon, Katie – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
A mastery quiz is a miniquiz given at the start and end of a lecture period used to signal key lecture concepts. It also provides an incentive for focused attention and regular and punctual attendance. Students earn points toward their final grades for submitting correct responses at either or both testings. Introductory psychology students showed…
Descriptors: Psychology, Lecture Method, Pretests Posttests, Mastery Tests
