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Direct linkFreng, Scott; Webber, David – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
Previous research has linked teachers' physical attractiveness and students' evaluations of teaching. We expanded on this literature by using data from RateMyProfessors.com (RMP), a database popular among college students. Additionally, we examined the unique variance that physical attractiveness explains in student evaluations of teaching while…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Attraction, College Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Web Sites
Peer reviewedWalsh, John F. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Describes a SYSTAT macro that generates sufficient information from the data available to compute an analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post hoc analysis. Suggests the macro procedure as a tool for those who want to explore relations among the results of published studies when raw data are not available. Recommends classroom uses. (DK)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Higher Education
Williams, Robert L.; Oliver, Renee; Allin, Jessica L.; Winn, Beth; Booher, Carrie S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2003
Students' scores on a psychological critical thinking instrument administered at the beginning and end of a large human development course significantly correlated with multiple-choice exam scores, with the posttest critical thinking scores being the better predictor of exam performance. The sample as a whole gained significantly on critical…
Descriptors: Psychology, Critical Thinking, Performance Based Assessment, College Students
Thompson, Ross A.; Zamboanga, Byron L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2003
Educational psychologists find that prior knowledge influences new learning. We examined whether course achievement for introductory psychology students is facilitated or impaired by their prior knowledge of psychology. We administered a pretest exam to 422 students early in the semester and gathered subsequent exam scores and other measures of…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Pretests Posttests, Psychologists, Scores
Wilson, Janie H. – Teaching of Psychology, 2006
Psychological availability to students defines immediacy, a concept traditionally measured using ratings of instructor behaviors. However, students' perceptions of their professor's attitude toward them may serve as a more parsimonious measure of psychological availability. In fact, ratings of a professor's attitude toward students are positively…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Teacher Attitudes, Perception
