Examines interaction and computer-based communication tool usage patterns among university students who completed a set of communication assignments with either the instructor or other students as the primary audience. Finds content focused on substantive course material, the exchange format closely mirrored the assignments, and most of the…

Describes an art activity in which students create patterned booklets. Explains that the activity provides students with an opportunity to study pattern, rhythm, color, and shape while participating in hands-on learning. Provides a list of vocabulary and the exact steps of constructing the booklet. (CMK)

Illustrates a field experiment in which students studied whether people (1) respond to smiles with smiles and (2) fail to reciprocate frowns. Explains that the project facilitates understanding of methodological issues, such as random assignment, manipulation strength, and experimenter bias. Discusses the procedure and results from the project and…

Provides the song "Can't Get in Tune Blues" to help orchestra string students determine whether their instruments are in tune. Explains that the song teaches students the pitch relationships among strings and gives them valuable open-string bowing practice. Includes the music and one variation. (CMK)

Describes an exercise in which students were presented with audiovisual stimuli intended to induce varying levels of psychological arousal and automatic activation. Explains that the purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the integral connection between psychological interpretation and reaction to stimuli and physiological response. Presents…

Describes journal writing as a way to actively engage students in learning about personality theories. Evaluates whether journals increased student learning by comparing test grades from two classes: one with assigned journals, the other without. Reports on students' responses on a questionnaire addressing journal writing. Discusses the findings…

Investigates student and community satisfaction with programs designed and implemented by students for groups of pediatric clients who were identified as at risk or in need of psychological services. Reports that students and the community expressed high levels of satisfaction and that confidence in student ability increased by the end of the…

Offers instructors a model for presenting meta-analysis to students within an undergraduate experimental psychology course that can be covered in approximately 90 minutes. Discusses the prerequisites for teachers and students, outlines a lecture, and describes an in-class exercise that gives students practice in meta-analytic procedures. Offers an…

Describes a study of elementary students' acquisition of vocabulary, comprehension of content area concepts in science and social studies, and ability to distinguish between fact and fiction in informational books read aloud by pre-service teachers in the classroom. Suggests appropriate uses and cautions considered when informational storybooks…

Investigates the instructional effect of using selected testing sequences and gaming methods on students' delayed retention. Results of instructional treatments and criterion tests of 87 students indicated significant preferences for specific instructional strategies. The treatments were functionally identical in that they did not instigate levels…

Examines the effects of in-class review questions with and without student-response cards in a community college psychology course on the learning and participation of students. States that a secondary goal was to determine student satisfaction. Provides evidence that response-card instruction can improve student learning and participation. (CMK)

Describes an experiential classroom exercise that was designed to help students understand stereotyping and prejudice. The instructor read behavioral and psychological descriptions, asked students to imagine they were Sherlock Holmes, and identify classmates to whom the descriptions might apply. States that students of color reported more benefits…

Focuses on the value of a multicultural counseling prepracticum course for counselors in training at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond). States that the course helps students develop their skills in multicultural counseling. Offers suggestions for teaching the course and discusses course objectives, course content, and student responses.…

Acknowledges the varied ways that teachers respond to student writing, and the varied ways that students influence and interpret those responses. Narrows the gap between teaching practices and research questions. Reevaluates the metaphor of conversation that has been repeatedly used to describe teacher response, arguing that the implications of…

Provides an interview with Ken Young, a retired art teacher, who in order to gain students' interest in art history impersonates various artists by researching their backgrounds and dressing up in costume. Focuses on why he began impersonation, his research on the artists, makeup, and his experiences with impersonating artists. (CMK)