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Students Learn Science Communication Through Wikiversity
With the help of a grant from the APS Teaching Fund, students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are learning how to gather, evaluate, and disseminate psychological science on Wikipedia’s sister site.
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BISTOPS Holds Inaugural Seminar on Teaching Psychological Science
Psychological scientists gathered in Paris, France to foster future research on teaching and learning psychology at the inaugural Biennial International Seminar on the Teaching of Psychological Science.
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’Playing Games With Basic Research’
APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Richard E. Mayer addresses the weak evidence for cognitive benefits attributed to computer games.
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“Reflecting on 5 Years of Teaching Current Directions” by C. Nathan DeWall and David G. Myers and “Teaching Students Why Warmth and Competence Matter” by Beth Morling.
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Overturning Myths in Introductory Psychology
Courses can be designed to employ active learning experiences that combat the illusions and misconceptions students bring with them to the classroom.
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About the Model
Promoting active student engagement in critical/scientific thinking about behavior and mental processes.
