Process-Oriented Computer Laboratories for an Inquiry-Based Experimental Psychology Curriculum at an Urban College

心理学-生物（71），心理学-认知（73）这个项目是建立一个专门的基于计算机的实验心理学实验室在三个校区的城市大学。 正在为该项目编制新的教学材料，强调以探究为基础的教学法和以研究为基础的课程。 实验室技术包括Psychmate和PEAK（心理学实验创作工具包）软件。 从以前的NSF资助的工作，该项目还适应了导师的概念，训练有素的实验室监测员谁将提供现场援助的学生在实验室。 在实验室里，学生们首先学会批判性地思考经典实验，然后自己动手做实验。 教师提供专业发展机会，学习引导探究教学方法，获得管理学习团队的经验，并帮助学生提高自我反思能力。 还正在为教师开设一门课程。 为了评估该项目，一个控制组的学生，在实施计算机实验室之前，在实验心理学注册的表现，正在进行比较的干预组的学生，在计算机实验室安装后，在同一门课程注册。 一项同伴评估研究将课程中使用实验室的学生与不使用实验室的学生进行比较。

Psychology - Biological (71), Psychology - Cognitive (73)This project is establishing a dedicated computer-based laboratory for experimental psychology at three campuses of an urban college. New instructional materials that emphasize an inquiry-based pedagogy and a research-based curriculum are being created for the project. Lab technologies include Psychmate and the PEAK (Psychology Experiment Authoring Kit) software. From prior NSF-funded work, the project is also adapting the concept of preceptors, trained laboratory monitors who will provide on-site assistance to students in the labs. In the labs, students first learn to think critically about classic experiments, and then perform the experiments themselves. Faculty are provided professional development opportunities to learn a guided-inquiry approach to teaching, to gain experience in managing learning teams, and to help students improve their self-reflective skills. A course for preceptors is also being developed. To evaluate the project, the performance of a control group of students, enrolled in experimental psychology prior to the implementation of the computer labs, is being compared to an intervention group of students, enrolled in the same course after the computer labs were installed. A companion evaluation study compares students in sections of the course that are using the labs to ones that are not.