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Self-Knowledge in the Classroom
Self-knowledge is a powerful but neglected learning tool — and it is useful for illustrating core psychology concepts, too. ... More>
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Teaching with Your Gut
Why do you teach the way you do? As psychological scientists, we are trained to use high-quality evidence when making decisions. You might overhear me telling my students: “Today we are going to use a jigsaw technique, in which each of you teach a portion of the material to each other. There is solid research supporting the effectiveness of the jigsaw classroom for student learning.” ... More>
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Creating Student Interest
Psychology professors offers some pointers for fostering interest in important course content. ... More>
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Sticky Teaching
Malcolm Gladwell and Dan and Chip Heath have looked to the business and advertising worlds and discovered six concepts that are surprisingly relevant to making ideas “stick” in peoples’ minds. These same ideas can be applied in the classroom. ... More>
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Tips for Incorporating Writing Into An Introductory Statistics Course
Statistics educators know all too well that teaching statistics can be a challenge, even for the most experienced instructors. Students often bring with them anxieties and misperceptions that can lead to a tense and frustrating learning environment, compelling many students to delay taking a statistics course. What is a statistics instructor to do?... More>
