Newspaper Advice Column Letters as Teaching Cases for Developmental Psychology.

Cabe, Patrick A.; Walker, Mary Helen; Williams, Miriam

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ERIC Number: EJ600345

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Newspaper Advice Column Letters as Teaching Cases for Developmental Psychology.

Cabe, Patrick A.; Walker, Mary Helen; Williams, Miriam

Teaching of Psychology, v26 n2 p128-30 1999

Describes the use of newspaper advice column letters as case problems in a human development course where students wrote weekly papers focusing on defining the problem in the letter, offering a solution to that problem, and relating the letter to course concepts. Reveals that students enjoyed and learned from the assignments. (CMK)

Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Course Content, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Individual Development, Newspapers, Problem Solving, Psychology, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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