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EDUCAUSE, 2014
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) partnered to disseminate U-Pace, a technology-enabled instructional model that promotes student success through deeper learning. UWM developed U-Pace in 2006 for an Introduction to Psychology course and, over time, evidence indicates that U-Pace not only…
Descriptors: Psychology, Partnerships in Education, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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Pinnow, Eleni – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2016
The Decoding the Disciplines methodology aims to teach students to think like experts in discipline-specific tasks. The central aspect of the methodology is to identify a bottleneck in the course content: a particular topic that a substantial number of students struggle to master. The current study compared the efficacy of standard lecture and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Lecture Method, Comparative Analysis
Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Gonder, Jennifer, Ed. – Online Submission, 2009
The document is a summary of the conference proceedings for the 23rd Annual Farmingdale State College Teaching of Psychology Conference held on March 20-21, 2009 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, New York. The conference featured a keynote address by Dr. Jeffrey Nevid on Reaching and teaching the millennials: Helping today's students become…
Descriptors: Psychology, College Instruction, College Students, Age Groups
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Foertsch, Julie; Gernsbacher, Morton Ann – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2008
Julie Foertsch and Morton Ann Gernsbacher present the results of an evaluation of an online undergraduate course in psychology that adheres to the seven widely accepted principles of effective online teaching and suggests an eighth principle: using the unique benefits and constraints of online communication to prompt critical thinking about…
Descriptors: Cues, Autism, Formative Evaluation, Online Courses
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Hulleman, Chris S.; Godes, Olga; Hendricks, Bryan L.; Harackiewicz, Judith M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
We tested whether a utility value intervention (via manipulated relevance) influenced interest and performance on a task and whether this intervention had different effects depending on an individual's performance expectations or prior performance. Interest was defined as triggered situational interest (i.e., affective and emotional task…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Interests, Performance, Relevance (Education)
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Social Studies Curriculum Study Committee. – 1978
Statements of learning objectives are provided to help clarify and direct the teaching of psychology in Wisconsin schools and to help educators identify the most significant ideas in the discipline which should be incorporated into the K-12 curriculum. These statements, or "descriptors," were developed after the State of Wisconsin Social…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation