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Questioning and Peer Collaboration as Techniques for Thinking and Writing about Personality.
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Beers, Susan E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1986
Reports a strategy for integrating questioning and essay writing in a course on personality. Students wrote sample essay questions which were then discussed and classified according to Bloom's taxonomy. Rough drafts of essays were discussed in small groups. Ninety percent of the students viewed these activities positively. (Author/JDH)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Psychology
Use of a Portfolio Writing Assignment in a Course on Developmental Psychology.
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Beers, Susan E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
The portfolio writing assignment given to students in a life span developmental psychology course required that they complete 10-15 typewritten pages of writing for the course. Students were allowed to choose their own projects; for example, they might write about an interview they had conducted, or discuss an outside reading. (RM)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Descriptions, Developmental Psychology, Higher Education