Service learning places teaching and learning in a social context, facilitating socially responsive knowledge. The purposes of this meta-analysis were to summarize evidence on (a) extent and types of change in participants in service learning programs, (b) specific program elements (moderators) that affect the amount of change in participants, and…

In courses such as the history of psychology, it is necessary to learn a variety of relationships, events, and sequences, in addition to the task of having to pair certain key concepts with related names, e.g., phrenology--Hall. One tool useful in this type of learning is the crossword puzzle. (RM)

Presents an analogy for students to understand why psychology is the science of behavior rather than the science of mind. Suggests that mind is a process of the brain just as internal combustion is a process of the engine. (Author/KC)

A good alternative to the undergraduate psychology seminar is the poster session. During the course each student wrote a review paper. For use in his/her class presentation, the student provided the following information on poster paper: title, author, abstract, a few graphs or illustrations from the literature, conclusions, and references. (RM)

Describes how cognitive maps can help to stimulate discussion of the structural inter-relationships of psychological theory in college-level history of psychology classes. The author describes a cognitive mapping activity in which students pair prominent theorists and theories, rate their degrees of similarity, and graph the relationships of their…

By using the great ideas approach, the cross-sectional approach (concentration upon a period of time), the biographical approach, and the research approach, college teachers can create excitement for students enrolled in history of psychology courses. Each of these approaches is described. (RM)

Describes an apparatus used in courses for medical students which demonstrates psychophysiological phenomena by showing changes in skin resistance or conductance. (RM)

Describes the use of personal journals in a graduate course on human sexuality. Students were asked to keep journals of observations of sex in the environment--e.g., magazines, TV, people's interactions--and their reactions to it. (AM)

Describes a method used to reduce mathematics anxiety in college-level statistics classes. At the beginning of the course, students share their fears about statistics and receive a lecture on ways to cope with their anxieties. At the end of the course, students share feelings again and realize their increased mastery and attitude changes. (AM)

Describes the "colleague swap" method for improving student writing skills in undergraduate psychology courses. After writing term papers, students exchange papers with each other for evaluation, proofreading, and critiquing. After the evaluation, students may revise their work before submitting it for grading. (AM)

Presents nine exercises designed to help students and teachers become more aware of their attitudes about menstruation and to move beyond the realms of mystery, ignorance, and taboos. Participants list and analyze expressions used to refer to menstruation, discuss pleasant and unpleasant experiences, and recall feelings on first learning of…

Discusses method for discussion of psychological tests and psychometric principles underlying the tests. The instructor asked students to predict his T-scale scores for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory which he then compared with his own score. Discrepancies over actual and student assessed scores provided a focus for classroom…

Describes how a teacher can give demonstrations of additive color mixing with one slide projector. (CK)

Describes an animal laboratory course using male Siamese fighting fish which is inexpensive, compact, and permits students to conduct a wide variety of behavioral investigations. (Author/CK)

Describes ways of using journal excerpts for student activities in psychology courses. Suggests that discussion of journal excerpts in introductory courses will introduce students to the nature and function of journal articles. Explains that the articles will reinforce concepts and terms learned earlier and expose students to detail and…