Recently added articles from North American Journal of Psychology:
Clicker satisfaction for students in human development: differences for class type, prior exposure, and student talkativity.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... For decades learning theory has emphasized the need for active student involvement in the classroom (Walberg, 1986), consequently effective college instructors master the art of engaging college students in the learning process (Bain, 2004). Moreover, instructors in higher education have ...
The contribution of falsework fading to the stimulus generalization of a skill.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... In 1992, Schmidt and Bjork reviewed the literature on the training, retention and generalization of new skills. They suggested that the very attributes of practice that result in rapid acquisition are also those least likely to promote either long term retention or effective transfer to ...
Need to override your heuristic system? Better bring your deductive competence.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Reasoning refers to the ability of untrained individuals to understand and generate logical arguments, that is, inferences in which a conclusion must necessarily follow from some given premises (Evans, 1999). Over the last several years, a number of dual-process theories (e.g., Evans & ...
Unaccommodating attitudes: perceptions of students as a function of academic accommodation use and test performance.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Dr. Marilyn Bartlett, a woman diagnosed with dyslexia, began working at a prestigious law firm in New York. However, in order to continue working at this firm, Bartlett needed to pass the Bar Examination, which requires a substantial amount of reading in a relatively short period of time ....
Implementing an undergraduate psychology mentoring program.
Nov 01, 2009; ... For students who come to college intending to major in psychology, several factors may affect how successfully they progress through the major. Generally, departments assign psychology majors to an academic advisor; advisors may meet with their new advisees at the start of a fall semester ...