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Teaching of Psychology

Teaching of Psychology

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eISSN: 15328023 | ISSN: 00986283 | Current volume: 51 | Current issue: 4 Frequency: Quarterly
If you teach psychology at a high school, introductory college, or higher level, you will find something of practical use in every issue of Teaching of Psychology. This indispensable journal offers creative and hands-on articles that help you use a variety of resources (for example, technology as a teaching tool) to enhance student learning. Coverage includes research on teaching and learning; studies of teacher characteristics and student learning; reviews for class use; student, course, or teacher assessments; discussions of professional challenges; critical thinking exercises, curriculum designs, demonstrations and laboratory projects; and news. Articles also provide helpful suggestions about how to teach difficult topics, such as research methods, introductory course material, and capstone ideas.

Recent issues have included discussions of:

    • Active Learning With Power Point-Based Lectures Using Content-Based Questions
    • Computer-Based Demonstrations in Cognitive Psychology
    • Disability in Introductory Psychology Textbooks
    • Evaluating Science and Pseudoscience
    • Fostering Critical Thinking in the Introductory Course
    • Introducing Students to Psychological Research
    • Learning Objectives for Research Methods and Statistics in Practice
    • Online Discussion Assignments
    • Problem-Based Group Activities for Teaching Sensation and Perception
    • Reducing Plagiarism in an Undergraduate Course
    • Student Attitudes towards Heterosexuality and Gay Marriage
    • Teaching Experimental Method
    • Teaching Scientific Writing
    • The Undergraduate Psychology Major Curriculum
    • Workforce Readiness

This journal will be of interest to enthusiastic teachers of psychology at all levels, AP Psychology instructors, teaching assistants, and teacher educators.

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Psychology courses are among the most popular classes on college campuses and a rapidly growing addition to high school curriculums. Teaching of Psychology (ToP) is devoted to improving the teaching and learning processes in psychology at all educational levels, from high school through undergraduate- and graduate-level. ToP is indispensable as a source book for teaching methods and as a forum for new ideas. Dedicated to improving the learning and teaching process at all educational levels, this journal has established itself as a leading source of information and inspiration for all who teach psychology. Coverage includes empirical research on teaching and learning; studies of teacher or student characteristics; subject matter or content reviews for class use; investigations of student, course, or teacher assessment; professional problems of teachers; essays on teaching; innovative course descriptions and evaluations; curriculum designs; bibliographic material; demonstrations and laboratory projects; and news items.

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