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Creating a Dot-Counting Single-Subject Design Tutorial
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Da Xuan Ng; Wei Jun Marc Chao; Kai Qin Chan – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2025
Single-subjects design has the advantage of providing detailed, individualized analyses of intervention. However, creating a tutorial for single-subject design (SSD) is challenging, and an effective version for online delivery is currently unavailable. Here, we developed an experiential SSD tutorial designed for online delivery and evaluated its…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Tutorial Programs, Tutoring, Undergraduate Students
Research Preregistration as a Teaching and Learning Tool in Undergraduate Psychology Courses
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Blincoe, Sarai; Buchert, Stephanie – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2020
The preregistration of research plans and hypotheses may prevent publication bias and questionable research practices. We incorporated a modified version of the preregistration process into an undergraduate capstone research course. Students completed a standard preregistration form during the planning stages of their research projects as well as…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Research Problems, Research Design
Students Improve in Reading Comprehension by Learning How to Teach Reading Strategies. An Evidence-Based Approach for Teacher Education
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Koch, Helvi; Spörer, Nadine – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2017
In this intervention study, we investigated how we could teach university students who were majoring in education to teach reading strategies. The goal of the study was to analyze whether and to what extent students would benefit from the intervention with respect to their own learning. Did their own reading skills improve after they attended the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Strategies, Student Improvement
Team-Based Learning: The Importance of Attendance
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Jakobsen, Krisztina V.; McIlreavy, Megan; Marrs, Sarah – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2014
Using a quasi-experimental design, the authors examined student performance (i.e., exam scores) in a traditional, lecture-based course (n = 43) and a team-based learning (TBL) course (n = 47). Students from James Madison University, USA--who were unaware that the two sections of the course were taught using different methods--self-selected into…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Attendance, Academic Achievement, Tests
A Primer for Creating a Flipped Psychology Course
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Hussey, Heather D.; Richmond, Aaron S.; Fleck, Bethany – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2015
Instructional design for psychology courses is ever changing. Recently, there has been an explosion of scholarly literature related to flipped classroom pedagogy in higher education. This essentially entails inverting a course so that lectures are viewed outside of class, and class time is devoted to active learning through activities such as…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Psychology, Blended Learning, Educational Technology
In Search of Critical Thinking in Psychology: An Exploration of Student and Lecturer Understandings in Higher Education
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Duro, Elaine; Elander, James; Maratos, Frances A.; Stupple, Edward J. N.; Aubeeluck, Aimee – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2013
This qualitative study of understandings of critical thinking in higher education aimed to identify themes that could help to demystify critical thinking and inform its more explicit incorporation in the psychology curriculum. Data collected from focus groups with 26 undergraduate psychology students and individual semistructured interviews with 4…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Semi Structured Interviews