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APS Teaching Fund Small Grants Program
Brief descriptions of some of the Small Grants Program projects completed between 2009-2011.
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APS Receives $1 Million Gift
Noted textbook author David Myers has pledged $1 million to the American Psychological Society to establish an endowed fund that aims “to enhance the teaching and public understanding of psychological science for students and the
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New Local Network Connects High School, Community College, and University Instructors of Psychological Science
With the help of the APS Teaching Fund small grant, Kiesa Kelly, Peter Giordano, and Holly Yates held the first annual Psychology Educators of Tennessee (PET) Teaching of Psychology Workshop to facilitate cross-pollination among educators in central Tennessee.
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Measuring Magnitude
Linda Bartoshuk My entire family loves pickles — except me. At our family reunion there are several large jars of pickles on the table, and when the day is done, one of my uncles drinks
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Psychology and Education
Psychologists should take charge of efforts to reform the failing American education system. That was the bold proposal at the heart of the APS David Myers Distinguished Lecture on the Science and Craft of Teaching
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APS Grant Supports International Conference on Teaching
The financial support provided by the APS Fund for the Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science made the July 2008 Third International Conference on the Teaching of Psychology (ICTP) viable. Participants shared innovative teaching techniques, course content updates from an international perspective, and new ideas to enhance and broaden their teaching skills.
