Mark A. Casteel wrote:
I've often wondered if anyone has had students try to research topics
like (1) the negative effects of texting while performing other
activities or (2) the influence of the presence/absence of a gun on
memory for a simulated crime, without requiring working with
experimental software like E-prime or PsyScope. In other words, has
anyone thought of a fairly easy way that students could research a topic
like this, and collect data that would be both meaningful and (to their
way of thinking) more interesting? If I could provide guidance with
something like this, so the students don't waste the entire semester
simply coming up with a workable protocol, that would be fabulous.
Hi Mark:
Since most of the arguments on TIPS has been about students
texting in class then why don't you do a study on that situation.
You could present information on ppt slides while the students
are texting back and forth. They are responsible for information
that is being presented on the ppt slides and responding in a
quick fashion to the text mesages. You could manipulate the rate
of text messages sent and received and the rate at which ppt
slides are presented. The ppt slide show could be modeled after a
typical class, with names, theories, dates, and experimental
results presented across slides.
Good luck,
Ken
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Mark A. Casteel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Penn State York
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York, PA 17403
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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu
Professor
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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