Hello to all,
I am a grad student in cognitive psychology (experimental). In
the midst of looking for a post-doc and trying to propose a dissertation,
I've taken on the responsibility of teaching a Methods course at the local
community college. I'd appreciate any hints, suggestions, project ideas,
classroom exercises, drafts of lecture notes (just kidding on the last :)
anyone here as to offer me. I think I love teaching, but my graduate
program does not allow us to teach. Since I've not gotten much in the way
of experience, it's hard to know for sure -- that is why I am teaching the
course.
I've been given a set of course objectives. At the end of the course
students should be able to:
1. compare and contrast different research designs
2. critically evaluate research in behavioral sciences
3. apply appropriate statistics to analyze experiments
4. compare different sampling strategies
5. design and conduct an experiment
6. employ APA style in writing a research paper
7. utilize library research and evaluate sources critically
8. explain ethical issues in psychological research with animal and human
subjects
I'll add one last objective of my own, to inspire my students to love
scientific thinking. I've been told to expect an enrollment of about 10 or
12 students at the most. I am feeling a little overwhelmed at the time
and responsibility involved in preparing a course.
I've been "lurking" on the list for some time, gathering the courage to
ask a question that surely has been asked quite often before, so I
appreciate everyone's indulgence.
Dawn Morales
Art is long, life short; judgment difficult, opportunity transient. Goethe
