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White-Blackburn, Georganne; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Describes a study investigating the comparative effects of objective (multiple choice and true-false) and subjective (short answer essay) quiz items on student academic performance in a personalized system of instruction course. Results showed no substantial differences between the two experimental groups. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Higher Education, Test Items
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Brown, Larry T. – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Reviews a study designed to determine which topics students and parents believe should be included in an introductory psychology course on the college level. Parents and students believed that anxiety and punishment should receive major emphasis and that little importance should be attached to the history of psychology, perception and attention,…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
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Hedges, Barbara W. – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Summarizes a research study undertaken to evaluate the transfer of knowledge from high school to college psychology courses. Of the 365 students enrolled in introductory psychology classes, 166 had completed a high school psychology course. Findings indicated that students with high school psychology background do gain and bring to their initial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
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O'Connor, Edward J.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Discusses a study undertaken to clarify the effort-to-performance relationship within the context of a psychology classroom on the college level. Emphasis was placed on the relationship of academic effort performance and student grade associations. Findings indicated that, contrary to the hypothesis and prior research findings, effort was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Feedback
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Aleamoni, Lawrence M.; Thomas, Gary S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Because student evaluations of teacher performance are often used in salary and promotion decisions, it is important that they are not influenced by student and course characteristics that are beyond the control of the instructor. This article investigates correlation of course and student characteristics and whether student responses on general…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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King, David J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Analyzes a study of the values of undergraduate students and faculty members in a university psychology department regarding theoretical orientations in psychology. The study used a Theoretical Orientation Survey (TOS) to measure the direction and/or strength of belief on eight dimensions considered important to most psychologists. These include…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Psychology
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Quereshi, M.Y.; Buchkoski, Jerome E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Discusses a study to evaluate student understanding of and interest in general psychology textbooks in college level introductory psychology course. Findings indicate that students generally found a high correlation between readability and human interest. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Psychology, Readability
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Laham, Sandra L.; Caldwell, Edward D. – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Examines effects of prequiz discussion on student interest in and understanding of material in an introductory college psychology course. Findings indicated that prequiz evaluation may have affected the number of students completing the course, although it had no effect on initial quiz score or on number of attempts to unit mastery. (DB)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Higher Education
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Jeger, Abraham M.; McClure, Gary – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Examines the attitudinal effects of academic and experiential behavioral training among undergraduate psychology students. Findings indicated that students in a class, but not those in a practicum, became more accepting of behavior modification. Method and results are discussed. (DB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavioral Science Research, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
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Best, John B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Replicates results from some earlier studies regarding student performance on multiple choice tests and extends the analysis to show the relationship of student performance to student ability and item difficulty. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Higher Education
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Matthews, Janet R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Describes a survey of undergraduate field placement programs in 29 liberal arts colleges' psychology departments. Findings show that programs vary greatly in scope and requirements. Recommendations include intrafaculty communication and obtaining malpractice insurance coverage for undergraduate field placement programs. (CK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Trends, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
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Stoloff, Michael L.; Feeney, Kellie J. – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Examines the relationship among senior psychology student scores on the Major Field Test in Psychology (MFT), the student characteristics, and the effects of courses taken by the students. Finds that students' scores correlated with other measures of success and with the number of psychology courses already completed. (CMK)
Descriptors: College Seniors, Educational Research, Higher Education, Majors (Students)
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Eaton, Rebecca F.; Sleigh, Merry J. – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Asserts that current animal research enables students to understand basic developmental principles. Presents results from a study that evaluated the content of 24 developmental textbooks published between 1995 and 2000, demonstrating that older studies are typically used. (CMK)
Descriptors: Animals, Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Developmental Psychology
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Landau, Joshua D.; Druen, Perri B.; Arcuri, Jennifer A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Describes an experiment used with undergraduate students to educate students about plagiarism and paraphrasing techniques. Discusses the procedure used for the experiment as well as results from the experiment and a postexperiement questionnaire. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Learning Experience
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Fleming, Victoria Manion – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Presents the results of a study, based on student test scores, that explored the effects of teaching students about learning strategies. Focuses on students (n=65) in two separate sections of introductory psychology classes where one section was taught about learning strategies and the other was not. (CMK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Higher Education, Introductory Courses