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Using a Movie as a Capstone Activity for the Introductory Course
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Blessing, Stephen B.; Blessing, Jennifer S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
A capstone experience serves as a culminating exercise for students to assimilate the information learned in a course and to realize how to use the material and skills in different contexts. Both majors and nonmajors benefit from having the material in the introductory course consolidated in such a way, for later study in the field and to more…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Learning Activities, Instructional Films, Instructional Materials
Teaching Counselor Trainees To Identify and Manage Countertransference through a Counseling Analogue.
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Gillem, Angela R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1999
Describes an exercise that helps graduate students understand countertransference, a concept involving a therapist's conscious and unconscious reactions to clients and reflects the therapist's values, biases, and past experiences. Explains that the students write a paper discussing their interpersonal reactions in an interview designed as a…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Training, Graduate Students
Effects of Writing Summaries as a Generative Learning Activity during Note Taking.
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Davis, Martha; Hult, Richard E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Investigates the efficiency of a novel addition to the routine of note taking, writing brief summaries of the lecture material during four-minute breaks within the lecture. A group of students wrote three sets of summaries during a 21-minute lecture and showed significant improvement in understanding over other groups. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Higher Education, Intentional Learning, Learning Activities
Lessons Learned from an Interdisciplinary Writing Course: Implications for Student Writing in Psychology.
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Dunn, Dana S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Discusses writing techniques and assessment methods used in an interdisciplinary writing course. Recommends freewriting, small-group writing assignments, and peer tutoring. Supports assessment by more than one faculty evaluator, peer feedback, and optional versus mandatory rewriting. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Higher Education