Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Division 2 of the American Psychological Association

Titles of IRA award-winning projects and winners

2016

Critical Thinking Workshop & Activities in Psychology. Ashley Waggoner Denton, University of Toronto.
Helping Skills Instruction in the Undergraduate Internship in Psychology. Melissa Himelein, University of North Carolina, Asheville.
Cultural Immersion Project. Julie Spencer Rodgers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Fostering Employable Skills with Psychology Courses and Curricula. Natalie Ciarocco & David Strohmetz, Monmouth University.
OER Materials for Psychology Instructors, Rachael Robinson-Kellig, Central Community College.

2015

Poker chip people: Using manipulatives in a college level statistics course. Eve Sledjeski, Ph.D., Rowan University.
Game-based experiential learning in Introductory Psychology. Jacklyn Spivey, Ph.D., York College.
Statistics that stick: Embedding humor in statistics related teaching materials. Jana Hackathorn, Ph.D. (contact), Murray State University, Brien Ashdown (Hobart & William Smith), and Sean Rife (Murray State):

Internship Supervision Resources for Developing Student Employability, Larissa Barber, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Instructor Materials for Teaching Research Methods Using a Consulting Model, Stacie Spencer, Ph.D., MCPHS University, Boston MA
Psychology Career Advice Videos, William (Kit) Nast, Ed.D., Bishop State Community College

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