Best Practices for Teaching Introduction to Psychology [Paperback]

This new book provides a scholarly, yet practical approach to the challenges found in teaching introductory psychology. Best Practices for Teaching Introduction to Psychologyaddresses:

developing the course and assessing student performance
selecting which topics to cover and in how much depth
the effective use of teaching assistants (TAs) and efficient and fair ways to construct and grade exams
choosing the best textbook
assessment advice on how to demonstrate students are learning;
using on-line instruction, writing exercises, and class demonstrations
teaching majors and non-majors in the same classroom.

This book will appeal to veteran and novice educators who teach introductory psychology as well as graduate students teaching the course for the first time. It will also serve as an excellent resource in faculty workshops on teaching introductory psychology.

G.W. Hill, IV,Foreword. D.S. Dunn, S.L. Chew, Preface. D.S. Dunn, S.L. Chew,Grounding the Teaching of Introductory Psychology: Rationale for and Overview of Best Practices. Part 1. Basic Issues.R.A. Griggs,Selecting an Introductory Textbook: They Are Not All the Same. D.S. Dunn, M.E. Schmidt, S.B. Zaremba,On Becoming a Fox: Covering Unfamiliar Topics in Introductory Psychology. R.A.R. Gurung, D. Daniel,Evidence-Based Pedagogy: Do Text-Based Pedagogical Features Enhance Student Learning? D.C. Appleby,Defining, Teaching, and Assessing Critical Thinking in Introductory Psychology. A. Hackney, J.H. Korn, W. Buskist,Learning to Teach Introductory Psychology: Philosophy and Practice. Part 2. Alternative Approaches to Teaching Introductory Psychology.E. Johnson, J. Carton, Introductory Psychology Without the Big Book. &lSQ