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Student Responses to Active Learning Activities with Live and Virtual Rats in Psychology Teaching Laboratories
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Hunt, Maree J.; Macaskill, Anne C. – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
Taking an ethical approach to using nonhuman animals in teaching requires assessment of the learning benefits of using animals and how these compare to the benefits of alternative teaching practices. It is also important to consider whether students have ethical reservations about completing exercises with animals. We compared upper level…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Active Learning, Animals, Psychology
Application Exercises Improve Transfer of Statistical Knowledge in Real-World Situations
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Daniel, Frances; Braasch, Jason L. G. – Teaching of Psychology, 2013
The present research investigated whether real-world application exercises promoted students' abilities to spontaneously transfer statistical knowledge and to recognize the use of statistics in real-world contexts. Over the course of a semester of psychological statistics, two classes completed multiple application exercises designed to mimic…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Statistics, Psychology, Learning Activities
Using Controversial Mock Trials in "Psychology and Law" Courses: Suggestions from Participants.
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Werth, James L., Jr.; Harvey, James; McNamara, Rebecca; Svoboda, Andrea; Gulbrandson, Raina; Hendren, Jennifer; Greedy, Tiffany; Leybold, Christie – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Describes a mock trial focused on Jack Kevorkian and an euthanasia case that was included in a psychology and law course. Discusses the course format, provides the reactions to the mock trial by students and consultants, and includes suggestions for improving the mock trial. (CMK)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Strategies, Euthanasia