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Michael, Kurt D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2006
Kurt Michael is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Appalachian State University (ASU) where he teaches history and systems of psychology, abnormal psychology, child psychopathology, and interventions for children and adolescents. He received his BA (cum laude) from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his MS and PhD in…
Descriptors: Interviews, Profiles, Teaching (Occupation), Clinical Psychology
Wimer, David J. – Teaching of Psychology, 2006
Victor A. Benassi earned his bachelor's degree from California State College and his PhD in psychology from the City University of New York. After working in the Department of Psychology at California State University at Long Beach, he moved to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 1982. He is currently Professor of Psychology and Professor of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Interviews, Psychology, Professional Recognition
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Fernald, Peter S.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1975
The student pacing feature of the Personalized system of Instructional (PSI) is found to have the most influence on student test scores. (DE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
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Goldwater, B. C.; Acker, L. E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1975
Weekly testing coupled with a mastery performance requirement generated higher student performance in an introductory psychology class. (DE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Organization, Educational Research, Higher Education
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Johnson, William G.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1975
Three components of instruction and withdrawal rates are compared between a traditional lecture and a Personalized Systems of Instruction (PSI) course. The results indicate a more favorable response to the PSI course. (DE)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
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Johnson, Donald M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1975
The two experiments described show that college students in psychology can slant their essays in the direction of originality when the teacher's expectations are made clear to them. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Research, Essay Tests, Higher Education
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Heckler, J. B.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1975
This research indicates that training techniques that employ the graduated fading of discriminative stimuli over successive exposures to stimulus materials are superior to both nonfading and trial and error techniques in the teaching of factual written material to normal adults. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Psychology, Teaching Methods
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Nation, Jack R.; Roop, Stephen S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1975
This research compares two popular mastery-based instructional programs: Programmed Student Achievement and Total Mastery Learning. The primary objective is to determine which mastery technique results in the best classroom performance of college students in an introductory psychology course. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Innovation
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Carsrud, Alan L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1975
The thrust of this paper is to focus on a possible method of fostering research independence and competence in undergraduate psychology students. Particular emphasis is given to undergraduate research conferences as an educational tool. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
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Murray, Harry G. – Teaching of Psychology, 1975
Student ratings of college teaching from peer ratings of 20 personality traits showed students respond best to a teacher who is friendly, fair, and flexible, if he has definite goals and can take the initiative in class. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics
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Keller, Fred S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1974
This history of personalized instruction (PSI) from its inception at the University of Brasilia in a course on behavior analysis to its broadening use by other disciplines, educational levels, and countries also describes research efforts, sources of support, and variations on the theme of unitized learning. (JH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Programed Instruction
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Nadelman, Lorraine; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1976
Describes a seminar/practicum for university students which provides an opportunity for developmental research under faculty supervision in educational settings that meet both the needs of university students and the public schools. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Psychology, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr. – Teaching of Psychology, 1976
Offers some ideas for equipment and visual materials for use in a course in perception. In addition, the paper describes some of the experiments or demonstrations in which these materials can be used. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Instruction, Educational Research, Educational Resources
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Nation, Jack R.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1977
Discusses the Programmed Achievement learning system in an introductory psychology course. This system is based on an instructional system of motivation and reward in which a crucial ingredient is the testing procedure. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Programs, Educational Research, Evaluation
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McKinney, Fred; Miller, David J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1977
Describes the use of television in teaching introductory psychology, presents a brief survey of the techniques used, enrollment figures, an evaluation of the experience, the present status of the course, and suggestions for the future. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Research, Evaluation, Higher Education