TEACHING INNOVATIONS
Access to Introductory psychology is done through "Ticket-ins" reflective paragraphs
Students create photostories in Cognitive Psychology and Psychology of Gender
On-line assessment (WebSurveyor) for each course objective (Psychology of Gender)
Systematic weekly assignments and reflection papers through Blackboard (no print-outs)
Use of WebSurveyor, an online survey software, to assess student progress and learning.
Webpages prepared by Honors Seminar students.
Trip to Capitol Hill to present research at Posters on the Hill for 5 consecutive years (Council of Undergraduate Research)
Movie Maker slide show prepared by Introductory Statistics students. Real-life examples to distinguish between a one-sample t-test, independent sample t-test, and paired sample t-test.
Use of CogLab in Cognitive Psychology. Students perform multiple on-line experiments to supplement activities done in class.
Auto-boot
course CDs for Introductory Psychology,
Introductory Statistics, and Cognitive Psychology (with links to webpage, links
to blackboard, all course slides in ppt. and html formats, review sheets, assignments,
and notebook information, syllabi and other pertinent information)
Use
of Blackboard (over 150 external
links, discussion board, quizzes, assignments, copy of presentations, etc.)
Narrated
powerpoint on webpage
Real
slide-shows (narrated and with music) created by students to illustrate
psychological concepts
Digital
Video clips of student presentations
Introduction of Divx adds that were broadcasted in the 50s and 60s
Active
Learning activities
Course booklets with all relevant class information given out the first day of class
Web-site (regularly updated)
Trip to the Nobel Conference. All students in the honors seminar (Fall 2002) traveled to St. Peter, Minnesota to listen to the talks of prominent psychologists on the Nature of Nurture. A summary article was submitted for publication in the Journal of Psychological Inquiry.
Web-cam introductions to particular concepts
Classroom assessments (e.g., minute paper, end of the hour integration, midsemester evaluations based on course objectives, end of the semester recall)
Course portfolio (e.g., cognitive psychology)
Student portfolios