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Essays from E-xcellence in Teaching: 2007 Volume 7
Essays from E-xcellence in Teaching: 2007Volume 7A collection of monthly essays
Edited by Steven A. Meyers Jeffrey R. Stowell Society for the Teaching of Psychology |
ISBN: 978-1-941804-11-7
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Table of Contents
| Chapter | Page |
|---|---|
| Title Page and Front Matter | i |
| 1. Strategies for Reaching Sexual Minority Students Inside and Outside the Classroom (Jan 2007) Jeffrey L. Helms and Teresa Joyce, Kennesaw State University |
1 |
| 2. Eat Your FIBER: How to Help Students Digest Psychological Science (Feb 2007) Brian L. Burke, Fort Lewis College |
6 |
| 3. Teaching Psychology Online: Approaching Excellence and Avoiding Defeat (Mar 2007) Marcel S. Kerr, Texas Wesleyan University |
10 |
| 4. Some Thoughts About Teaching Issues of Culture in Psychology (Apr 2007) David Matsumoto, San Francisco State University |
14 |
| 5. Encouraging Academic Honesty through Active Plagiarism Instruction and Prevention (May 2007) Patricia Puccio, College of DuPage |
18 |
| 6. Study More! Study Harder! Students’ and Teachers’ Faulty Beliefs About How People Learn (Jun 2007) Stephen L. Chew, Samford University |
22 |
| 7. Teaching Psychology Using Team-Based Learning (Jul 2007) Dominic Simon, New Mexico State University Laura Madson, New Mexico State University |
26 |
| 8. Ideas for Teaching Unfamiliar or Unpopular Courses (Aug 2007) Janet F. Carlson, University of Nebraska – Lincoln |
30 |
| 9. How Cognitive Psychology Can Enhance Your Students’ Learning (Sep 2007) Margaret W. Matlin, SUNY Geneseo |
34 |
| 10. Setting Up a Blog or Podcast for the Teaching of Psychology: A “How To” and “Why To” (Oct 2007) Michael Britt, Marist College |
39 |
| 11. Creating an Undergraduate Psychology Peer Mentoring Program: Challenges and Rewards (Nov 2007) Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point |
44 |
| 12. Rescuing the Affective: Teaching the Mind and the Heart (Dec 2007) Patricia Owen-Smith, Oxford College of Emory University |
48 |
| About the authors | 53 |
| About the editors | 56 |
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