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Growing Up With APS
Photo credit: Jeanne Neville Everyone has at least one story. -Maya Angelou I came to the United States in 1986 to join Purdue University’s graduate program in cognitive psychology. As I prepared for...
View ArticleDon’t Suspend Students. Empathize.
The New York Times: To his teachers at Ridgeway High School in Memphis, Jason Okonofua was a handful. During class, his mind drifted and he would lose the thread of the lesson. He slouched at his desk...
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A Magnetic Field: Psychological Scientists Lead fMRI Labs
In 1991, Thomas J. Brady gave a plenary address on the “Future Prospects for MRI” at the 10th annual meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Presenting data and visualizations of the...
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Science Is Not a Spectator Sport
Photo credit: Jeanne Neville Be the change that you wish to see in the world. -Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi It was a late August morning, but I could feel the crisp air of autumn already setting in as...
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Making the Most of University Museums
As director of Tufts University’s Emotion, Brain, & Behavior Laboratory, Heather Urry offers courses ranging from introduction to psychology to affective neuroscience. But until last year, she...
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Gender Matters! Teaching Gender-Based Analysis in Psychology
Alexandra Rutherford (right) and Jacy Young are involved in a project, supported by an APS grant program, aimed at achieving gender equality in STEM fields. Over the past 10 years, the question of why...
View ArticleWhat every teacher should know about … memory
The Guardian: There is a wealth of psychology research that can help teachers to improve how they work with students – but academic studies of this kind aren’t always easy to access, or to translate...
View ArticleInternational Seminar on the Teaching of Psychological Science
The inaugural Biennial International Seminar on the Teaching of Psychological Science (BISTOPS) will take place on July 9 through 13, 2018 in Paris at Maison Suger, the Fondation Maison des Sciences de...
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Finding Our Fundamentals
Photo credit: Jeanne Neville I want to really understand the fundamentals of programming. -Masako Wakamiya Curious to know who Masako Wakamiya is? After retiring from her job as a bank clerk in Japan,...
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Teaching Statistics in the Age of Open Science
With a grant from the APS Teaching Fund, Kevin P. McIntyre has created a website that guides students through the reproduction of analyses in Psychological Science papers that include associated open...
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The Memories of Memory Researchers
In this Presidential Column, it is my pleasure to bring to you my Q&A with four internationally renowned psychological scientists who will speak at the Presidential Symposium I will host during the...
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A Hub for Teaching Psychology
What is the best way to teach psychology? How should students study to learn? To date there has been no coordinated effort to examine these questions. Whereas a large body of pedagogical research on...
View ArticleNITOP 2019
NITOP 2019 41st ANNUAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY January 3-6, 2019 TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel, St. Pete beach, Florida Co-sponsored by: The Association for Psychological...
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2018 APS Mentor Awards
The APS Mentor Award recognizes psychology researchers and educators who have made an extraordinary effort to shape the future of the discipline by influencing the career paths of the next generation...
View ArticleBalancing Speaking and Listening for Language Learning
In foreign language classrooms, students often do more listening than speaking—they hear a native speaker, either the teacher or a recording, speak phrases and test their comprehension via...
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Charles L. Brewer, 1933-2018
Renowned psychological science teacher and mentor Charles L. Brewer passed away on March 20, 2018, at age 85. Brewer was an APS Charter Member and Fellow and emeritus professor of psychology at Furman...
View ArticleBeyond the Reading Wars: How the Science of Reading Can Improve Literacy
A new scientific report from an international team of psychological researchers aims to resolve the so-called “reading wars,” emphasizing the importance of teaching phonics in establishing fundamental...
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Preparing Teachers for the Unexpected
Daniel T. Willingham A month into her first job at an elementary school, a newly minted teacher encountered a situation her master’s degree in education had never prepared her for: a 7-year-old girl...
View ArticleMyth: Brain Training Will Make You Smarter
SUGGESTED LESSON PLAN Clearly most of us would like to be more successful in school and at work, especially if we don’t have to work hard for guaranteed achievement. That’s pretty much what companies...
View ArticleMyth: It’s Better to Stick to Your First Impulse Than Go Back and Change...
SUGGESTED LESSON PLAN This myth is widespread among students, and is also endorsed by some professors and test preparation companies. It is a good myth to address early in the introductory course —...
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