A Novel Use of Portable Computers to Expand Research Experiences Beyond the Psychology Classroom

该项目的重点是加强教学的新方法， 心理学研究方法。 本课程培养以下技能： 批判性思维，应用问题解决能力，以及 收集、分析和总结数据。 电脑方便 通过减少设置所需的时间， 实验和测试新的假设。 工作站， 视频投影功能将使教师能够 呈现课堂演示以及逐步 培训使用支持50多个 不同的实验。 这个项目是不寻常的成本- 因为大学已经提供了一台笔记本电脑 电脑给每一个学生 学生学习的软件 都安装在他们自己的电脑上 有效地为每个学生提供一个私人工作站 这使学生能够设计实验， 在宿舍、校园中心或野外进行。

The project focusses on new ways to enhance the teaching of Research Methods in Psychology. This course develops skills in critical thinking, applied problem solving, and the ability to collect, analyze, and summarize data. Computers facilitate this training by reducing the time required for setting up experiments and testing new hypotheses. A workstation with video projection capabilities will enable the instructor to present classroom demonstrations as well as step-by-step training in the use of software that supports more than 50 different experiments. This project is unusually cost- effective because the university already provides a laptop computer to every student. The software that students learn about in the classroom is installed on their own computers, effectively resulting in a private workstation for each student This enables the students to design experiments that can be conducted in the dormitories, campus centers, or the field.