Putting Proverbs to the Test: An Engaging Approach for Developing Students' Hypothesis Testing Skills

Autor/inn/en	Gamble, Tim; Turner-Cobb, Julie M.; Walker, Ian; Holt, Nigel
Titel	Putting Proverbs to the Test: An Engaging Approach for Developing Students' Hypothesis Testing Skills
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 46 (2019) 3, S.230-235 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628319853937
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Psychology; Hypothesis Testing; Problem Based Learning; Skill Development; Research Methodology; Courses; Research Design; Proverbs; Student Centered Learning; Active Learning; Behavioral Science Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Kursangebot; Forschungsdesign; Sprichwort; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Aktives Lernen
Abstract	Integral to most undergraduate psychology degree programs are research methods courses. Students learn about theory, study design and hypothesis testing, and gain knowledge that is assessed by laboratory reports. We describe a problem-based learning approach with an emphasis on acquisition of study design skills. Working in small groups, students took well-known falsifiable proverbs, developed hypotheses to test them, recruited and assessed participants, analyzed the data, and presented their findings in a poster format. This approach allowed students to develop key skills to systematically experiment with an idea using proverbs as a proxy for theory. We suggest proverb testing as a useful technique to engage student-centered active learning in psychology and in the behavioral sciences more broadly. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01