Titles of IRA award-winning projects and winners

2013

Increasing "Sense of Belonging" in Students in a Large Classroom setting. Dr. Renee Boburka (East Stroudsburg University)
Learning Strategy Demonstrations for the Psychology Classroom. Dr. Jennifer McCabe – (Goucher College)
Video Clips of Master Teaching. Dr. Jeffrey Stowell (Eastern Illinois University)

Scientific Literacy in Psychology Module. Dr. Jamie Peterson (St. Catherine University, MN)
This Class is a Joke! Humor as a Pedagogical Tool in the Teaching of Psychology. Dr. Dan Segrist (Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, IL)
Case Studies in Human Development. Ms. Lynn Sprott (Jefferson Community College, NY)

Beyond Milgram: Expanding Research Ethics Education to Participant Responsibilities - Larissa Barber
Concept maps for statistics and research methods: Teaching and learning aids for core material - Alexis Grosofsky
Measuring the Impressive Skills of Psychology Majors: A Revision and Update - Jennifer Perry
Teaching Ethics in the Introduction to Psychology Course - Ana Ruiz
Interactive Teaching Activities for Introductory Biopsychology - Stephanie Simon-Dack

Death, Dying, and Bereavement Resource Manual – Lisa Bauer
Teaching Students to Be Students through the Introduction to Psychology Course – Sue Frantz
Development of Instructional Blogging Resources for Psychology Instructors – Laura Lunsford
Best Practices for Integrating Mnemonics into Psychology Instruction – Jennifer McCabe
Activities to Increase Graphic Literacy – Meridith Selden

Exemplar Studies for Teaching Research Methodology - Natalie Ciarocco
BehaviorSim: An Instructional Resource Program for Introductory Psychology Courses - Marcie Desrochers
You Can Write in a Statistics Class: Writing as an Instructional Tool to Reduce Anxiety and Improve Statistics Performance - Karen Holmes
Excel Statistics Assignments - Michael Tagler
Documentary Films for Psychology Courses - Sylvie Taylor

Using Literature to Teach Psychology - Denise Bane
Mastering APA Style: Demonstrating How to Implement APA Style Rules in Microsoft Word 2007- B. Jean Mandernach
Development and validation of an instrument measuring student preparedness for undergraduate statistics. - David Richard
It's About Time: Understanding the Psychology of Climate Change. - Heidi Wayment

Taking psychology abroad: Resources for designing your study abroad course. - Gabie Smith
A six-pack of evidence based decision-making exercises. - Mary Nelson
Enhancing the physiological psychology course through the development of neuroanatomy laboratory experiences and integrative exercises. - Steven Lloyd
Testing student response systems in the general psychology classroom. - Kiesa Kelly
Assessing student learning. - Gail Gottfried

Ways of knowing in the psychology classroom: Moving beyond authority and anecdote. - Tabitha Holmes
The development of sexual orientation. - Lynn Elmore
Films for Psychology: An interactive website for psychology teachers. - Lori Rosenthal. [Note that we required a hard-copy post-able version prior to making the award. We are not supporting websites any more.]
The service circle: Bringing the community to the classroom and the classroom into the community with service learning. - Lori Rosenthal
Transformational teaching: empirical investigation and course documents. - George Slavich

Teaching psychology for sustainability: A manual of resources. - Britain Scott
Using the R-Project to develop computer programming and statistical skills. - Chris Koch
Undergraduate preparation for graduate training in forensic psychology. - Jeffrey Helms
Ethical considerations in research with children and youth. - Kim Ernst
An online instructional guide for experiential learning abnormal psychology. - Jules Harrell

Integrating technology into the classroom: An annotated bibliography. - Lisa Blouin
Instructor resources for teaching health psychology and pediatric psychology. - Mark McKellop
Material to integrate computer modeling into the psychology curriculum. - Andrea Karkowski
An interactive exploration of theories on learning and memory 1: Beginnings. - Brian Thomas
Data-based scholarship of teaching: Guidelines for research leading to public domain outcomes. - Baron Perlman