Interactive Video Assignments for In-Class Experimentation in Developmental Cognition: A Virtual Laboratory

心理学-社会（72），心理学-认知（73）新的基于计算机的技术已经开发出来，使心理学学生进行实验，潜在地提高他们的批判性思维能力以及他们对关键心理概念的理解。 然而，用于儿童课堂实验的资源很少，主要是因为后勤和道德方面的困难。 在概念验证研究的基础上，该项目正在开发15个发展心理学模块，使学生能够在虚拟实验室中进行实验。 每个模块包括显示未经编辑的实验或观察数据的视频;与视频匹配的时间编码的事件记录;与课程主题相关的已发表的经验性文章;互联网上相关文件的链接;对视频进行时间编码的评论;以及指导学生学习的互动任务。 这些模块正在由来自各种社区学院，大型公立大学和私立文理学院的教师进行测试和改进。 在某些情况下，这些模块被整合到基于讲座的课程中;在其他情况下，它们作为基于活动的实验室课程独立存在。 学生的学习是通过比较有和没有实验室模块的课程，并通过基于视频和其他互动活动的类内比较进行评估。

Psychology - Social (72), Psychology - Cognitive (73)New computer-based technologies have been developed that enable psychology students to conduct experiments, potentially enhancing their critical thinking skills as well their understanding of key psychological concepts. However, resources for classroom experimentation with children are scare, largely because of logistical and ethical difficulties. Building on a proof-of-concept study, this project is developing 15 modules for developmental psychology that allow students to conduct experiments in virtual laboratories. Each module includes videos showing unedited experimental or observational data; transcripts of the events, time-coded to match the videos; published empirical articles relating to the lesson topic; links to relevant documents on the Internet; commentaries time-coded to the video; and interactive tasks for guided student learning. The modules are being tested and refined by faculty from a wide variety of community colleges, large public universities, and private liberal arts colleges. In some cases, the modules are integrated into lecture-based courses; in others, they stand alone as an activity-based laboratory course. Student learning is being evaluated by comparisons between courses with and without the laboratory modules, and by within-class comparisons of video-based and other interactive activities.