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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Knight, Jennifer L.; Hebl, Michelle R.; Mendoza, Miriam – Teaching of Psychology, 2004
To challenge students' stereotypes about gendered performance on motor skills tasks, we developed a classroom active learning demonstration. Four 3-person, same-gender teams received either a Barbie(r) doll or a Transformer(r), and team members dressed the Barbie or manipulated the Transformer from a tank to a robot as quickly as possible, with…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Gender Differences, Psychomotor Skills, Sex Stereotypes
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Phillips, Hugh J. and Powers, Richard B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Describes study to determine whether students in graduate seminars participate more in student-led discussion groups than in teacher-led discussions. Results show that student-led portions of the seminar had higher rates of responding by more than a two-to-one margin. (KC)
Descriptors: Discussion, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Seminars
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Ware, Mark E.; Meyer, Ann E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
A survey was undertaken to ascertain postgraduate career activity of psychology majors who graduated from college between 1973 and 1978. Findings indicated that students encountered a wide choice of jobs after graduation, that they were generally satisfied with the psychology major program, and that they expressed the greatest need for coursework…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Graduate Surveys