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Participating in psychology

9/4/2019

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​Like many General Psychology courses, I have a research participation requirement. Along with this, I also have to provide an alternative assignment as research participation is voluntary. In the past when I’ve taught General Psychology, I had students write article summaries as the alternative assignment, but this isn’t the most exciting assignment for the student or the instructor. (Grading these is less than thrilling.) One of my fellow faculty members, Dr. Kayce Meginnis-Payne felt the same way. At our first faculty meeting this year, she brought up the subject and wanted to come up with a different approach to the typical alternative assignment. She proposed that we give students opportunities to get involved with the department outside than research. 

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Intro Psych Series #4: Can you do that in a big class? Course-based undergraduate research (CURE) in introductory psychology at CSU Monterey Bay

6/27/2019

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We've spent the last two weeks here at The Novice Professor teaming up with several wonderful guest posters who are sharing their takes on teaching the general survey course in psychology. Even if you don't teach this course, there are lots of great ideas you can modify for your classroom. ​Join us as we get into the nitty gritty from textbook selection to favorite assignments to assessment strategies! 

For our final post, Jen Dyer-Semour discusses how she plans to incorporate research into her Intro Psych class at CSU Monterey Bay. 

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Intro Psych Series: q/A With Dr. Keri Kytola

6/25/2019

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This is week two of our series on teaching the general survey course in psychology. We've teamed up with several wonderful guests posters to share their take. Even if you don't teach this course, there are lots of great ideas you can modify for your classroom. ​Join us as we get into the nitty gritty from textbook selection to favorite assignments to assessment strategies! 

For our third post, Keri Kytola (@DrKytola) discusses her take on Intro to Psych at Wilson College. 

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Intro Psych Series: Q/A with Dr. Berntsen

6/19/2019

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Over the next two weeks, The Novice Professor is teaming up with several wonderful guest posters who are sharing their takes on teaching the general survey course in psychology. Even if you don't teach this course, there are lots of great ideas you can modify for your classroom. ​Join us as we get into the nitty gritty from textbook selection to favorite assignments to assessment strategies! 

In our second installment, Leslie Berntsen (@leslie_bern) discusses her take on Intro to Psych at University of Southern California. 

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Intro Psych Series: Q/A with Dr. Kameko Halfman

6/18/2019

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Over the next two weeks, The Novice Professor is teaming up with several wonderful guest posters who are sharing their takes on teaching the general survey course in psychology. Even if you don't teach this course, there are lots of great ideas you can modify for your classroom. ​Join us as we get into the nitty gritty from textbook selection to favorite assignments to assessment strategies! 

For our first post, Kameko Halfmann (@KamekoMae) discusses her take on Intro to Psych at UW-Platteville. 

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