ERIC Number: EJ1134644
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr
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Effects of an Interteaching Probe on Learning and Generalization of American Psychological Association (APA) Style
Slezak, Jonathan M.; Faas, Caitlin
Teaching of Psychology, v44 n2 p150-154 Apr 2017
This study implemented the components of interteaching as a probe to teach American Psychological Association (APA) Style to undergraduate university students in a psychology research methods and statistics course. The interteaching method was compared to the traditional lecture-based approach between two sections of the course with the same instructor. Both teaching strategies significantly increased student performance on the APA Style knowledge relative to pretest performance, with a greater average increase and larger effect size for students exposed to interteaching methods. However, 2 months after the initial intervention, the application of APA Style knowledge to a draft of a research report resulted in no significant differences. Future research is warranted to determine conditions that result in enhanced generalization and retention of APA Style knowledge.
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students, Courses, Research Methodology, Statistics, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, College Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Retention (Psychology)
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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