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EPP-APS Utiliser des activités
Utiliser des activités basées sur des affirmations pseudoscientifiques pour enseigner la pensée critique Aimee Adam[1] et Todd M. Manson[1] Teaching of Psychology 2014, Vol. 41(2) 130-134 ªThe Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0098628314530343 top.sagepub.com [1] School of Social Sciences, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, USA Auteur à joindre pour la correspondance : Aimee Adam, School of Social Sciences, Indiana University Southeast, 4201 Grant Abstract In two studies, we assessed the effectiveness of a classroom activity designed to increase students’ ability to think critically.
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EPP-APS Encourager l’utilisation
Encourager l’utilisation des fonctions cognitives supérieures en psychologie: l’apprentissage actif est-il la réponse? Aaron S. Richmond et Lisa Kindelberger Hagan[1] Abstract The goal of this study was to investigate which common instructional methods (active vs. direct) best promote higher level thinking in a psychology course. Over a 5-week period, 71 undergraduates were taught psychology using both active learning and direct instruction. Pre- and post-course assessments were coded as either higher or lower level questions based on Krathwohl’s updated Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.
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EPP-APS Réussir et s’investir
Réussir et S’investir: l’Influence des équipes de gestion étudiantes sur les résultats et le devenir des élèves Jordan D. Troisi[1] Département de Psychologie, Widener University, Chester, PA, USA Pour la correspondance: Jordan D. Troisi, Department of Psychology, Widener University, 1 University Place, Chester, PA 19013, USA. Email: [email protected] Abstract The use of student management teams (SMTs) is a relatively new teaching technique designed to increase the quality of college courses and student performance and engagement within those courses. However, to date, little systematic, empirical research has validated the effectiveness of using SMTs.
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Right Brained, Wrong Brained: How Caltech Neuroscience Became a Buzzfeed Quiz
Los Angeles Magazine: Somewhere between art class and algebra, most of us learn—probably after struggling in one area and excelling in the other—which “side” of our brain is dominant. You are either left brained or right brained. (And if you are in doubt, you can turn to any number of online tests to peg your hemispheric tendencies once and for all.) Left brainers are supposed to be analytical, orderly, mathematical, and good with language. Right brainers tend to be more disorganized, creative, artistic, and visual. A test on BuzzFeed informs me that I’m right brained, though as a science writer, my background would suggest that I draw more from the left.
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Conformity Starts Young
Scientific American: Nobody likes a show-off. So someone with a singular skill will often hide that fact to fit in with a group. A recent study reported for the first time that this behavior begins as early as two years old. In the study, led by a team at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and published in Psychological Science, two-year-old children, chimpanzees and orangutans dropped a ball into a box divided into three sections, one of which consistently resulted in a reward (chocolate for the children; a peanut for the apes).
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Itchy Trigger Finger? How About Itchy Brain?
The Huffington Post: Police work is very dangerous, often involving bad people with guns, and one of the most dangerous policing tasks is searching and clearing a house. This is where the police go through a building room to room in pursuit of a suspect who may be armed and dangerous. The police officer must be fully prepared to shoot -- finger on the trigger, mind alert -- in case he or she does confront a suspect who is armed and ready to shoot. But the officer must also have the self-restraint to refrain from pulling the trigger if he or she bursts into a room and confronts an innocent bystander.
