Describes the use of computer programs in the teaching of psychology research design and data analysis. Case studies involving large and small computer data generators are presented. (Author/DB)

A course on the psychology of the aged which emphasizes a humanistic approach and field trips to institutions housing the aged is described. Six frequently encountered factors which inhibit student learning are: negative feelings towards the aged, fear of aging, social conditioning, limited acquaintance with the aged, guilt, and teacher attitude.…

Described is a course in which college senior psychology majors provide counseling for freshmen majors. The course was positively evaluated by freshmen for encouraging motivation and involvement and by seniors for allowing them to serve as paraprofessional psychologists. (Author/DB)

Discussed is a study which measured the importance of considering differing student abilities to deal with cognitive ability task factors when developing research methodology and statistics courses in psychology. Topics discussed are data on which the study was based, testing procedure, testing instrument, results, and major findings. (Author/DB)

Discussed are self-modification projects in college psychology courses. Findings indicate that, although students respond favorably to projects involving self-control, they tend to report their actions incorrectly when grades are involved. (Author/DB)

Questions the validity of a multiple-choice evaluation in which university students evaluated a lecture which had been cancelled. Comparison of this evaluation with evaluation of a film on sex and communication, which had been viewed by approximately 50 percent of the students, is offered. (Author/DB)

Recommends the establishment of a system of rewards for teaching excellence on the university level, as judged by some form of peer review. (Author/DB)

The need to set up classroom conditions under which students can interact with each other about course material is discussed. Micro-labs are suggested as a means of serving this need. (Author/DB)

Described is an attention-getting assignment in a college level developmental psychology course in which students were given a list of 24 library research questions on the first day of class to be completed and discussed on the third day. Student reaction to the assignment is discussed. (Author/DB)

A survey of how 17 recent experimental psychology textbooks treated the subject of random assignment of subjects to groups for purposes of experimentation is discussed. Findings indicate that the textbooks generally gave favorable coverage to the practice. Further research might improve this simplistic understanding. (Author/DB)

A college level psychology course is described in which students were trained by both traditional and experimental methods to administer individual intelligence tests. Comparative analysis of performance by each group indicates that student motivation and performance is not greatly influenced by teaching method and that videotape demonstrations…

Described is an innovative teaching method for developing student psychological literature search skills. The method involves empirical analysis of cliches and writing abstracts of psychological studies used in support or rejection of cliche hypotheses. (Author/DB)

Described is an in-class demonstration of mass reaction time which measures the speed of nerve impulses and the duration of various cognitive processes. A simpler version of the experiment for at-home use is described. (Author/DB)

The advantages of interim tests in an undergraduate psychology course for diagnostic purposes are described. A discussion of assigning relative weight to interim test performance as compared with final examination performance is presented. (Author/DB)

Research on student assessment of teachers is reviewed to answer the questions: What discriminations do students make? Are ratings a function of a course or of a teacher? Which teacher and course characteristics are most important? Do ratings reflect the amount learned? Do teachers profit from feedback? (Author/JH)