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Improving Students' Study Habits and Course Performance with a "Learning How to Learn" Assignment
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Brown-Kramer, Carolyn R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2021
How can instructors help students adopt effective learning strategies? In this study, students in a large introductory psychology class completed a "learning how to learn" assignment in which they read one of four randomly assigned empirical articles about the utility of a learning strategy (i.e., distributed practice, rereading,…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Academic Achievement, Performance Factors, Learning Strategies
The Influence of Teacher Immediacy Behaviors on Student Performance in an Online Course (and the Problem of Method Variance)
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Campbell, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2014
Social presence (represented by salience of instructor and fellow students) in an online teaching environment has been shown to influence perceptions of course activity and self-estimates of learning. An experiment is described here in which teacher presence is manipulated via personalized messages from the teaching assistant throughout the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Behavior, Critical Thinking
Motivating Students to Read Journal Articles.
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Carkenord, David M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Describes a technique used to motivate students to complete assigned journal readings in a college psychology course. Maintains that students completing readings receive two types of tangible benefits: (1) extra course credit and (2) use of their notecards on tests. Asserts that students responded favorably to the technique. (CFR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Psychology, Reading Assignments