I would closely look at some of the better texts on the market.
Most of them come with good ancillaries and some have great websites
associated with them which will really get you off the ground.
I use the book by Cozby because I find it is sufficiently comprehensive
and very readable. It may be, compared to others, a bit on the light
side, but that allows me to supplement where and when I want to, rather
than telling students to skip certain sections of certain chapters.
Believe me, there is more than enough to cover :-)
annette
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Dawn Morales wrote:
> 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
>
>
Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
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