ABSTRACT

This volume presents a collection of articles selected from Teaching of Psychology, sponsored by APA Division 2. It contains the collective experience of teachers who have successfully dealt with students' statistics anxiety, resistance to conducting literature reviews, and related problems. For those who teach statistics or research methods courses to undergraduate or graduate students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, this book provides many innovative strategies for teaching a variety of methodological concepts and procedures in statistics and research methods courses.

part I|101 pages

Statistics

chapter 1|13 pages

Generating Data Sets

chapter 2|11 pages

Illustrating Statistical Concepts

chapter 3|24 pages

Examining Statistical Tests

chapter 4|39 pages

Developing Students' Skills

chapter 5|12 pages

Evaluating Success in Statistics

part II|182 pages

Research Methods

chapter 6|8 pages

Reducing Students' Fears

chapter 7|19 pages

Evaluating Ethical Issues

chapter 8|22 pages

Teaching Ethics

chapter 9|15 pages

Reviewing the Literature

chapter 10|9 pages

Using Computers

chapter 11|25 pages

Implementing Teaching Strategies

chapter 13|21 pages

Teaching Writing and Critical Thinking

chapter 14|9 pages

Emphasizing Accuracy in Research