Hi, All -- What I'd be interested in would be how the AP-get-out-of-intro students fare in later classes, compared with students who do not get credit for intro. Be a nice check on how well the intro class preps them for later courses. My concern has always been that in many high school psychology classes they don't really stress the science very much.
But my experience is limited. m > -----Original Message----- > From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 10:35 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: Inside Higher Ed :: Advanced Yes, Placement No > > I concur with Robert; but it would be nice to get some data > in psych. I don't know of any studies that compared students > who have taken AP psych and received a 4 or a 5 on the exam > and then took intro psych because, basically, these students > are usually exempt from the intro psych course. It would be > interesting to find a university that does not give intro > credit for AP psych and see how those students fare. > > Do any of you teach at a such a school where we could take a look? > > I have to say that in my intro courses, students who have had > standard psych courses fare no better, and sometimes worse > than students have had no HS psych. > In fact, some seem to have learned the most bizarre > psychobabble imaginable in their standard high school course > :( A colleague and I have been studying misconceptions about > psychchology among incoming HS freshmen, as well as > pedagogies to address conceptual change for these > misconceptions, for nearly a decade now, and students with a > standard HS course seem to fare MUCH worse both initially and > after a semester long course in psych that addresses the > misconceptions explicity. Apparently, once they learn the > junk in HS it sticks! > And it is SOOOOO hard to unstick. I've even had students tell > me that they know what I want to hear so they tell me, but > they don't believe it for moment--things like the Mozart > effect or sugar and hyperactivity, or that psychotherapists > realy can analyze dreams and cure mental illness in that > way... the list goes on and on :( > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
