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

心理学-生物学(71)，心理学-认知(73)这个项目正在一所城市大学的三个校区建立一个专门的基于计算机的实验心理学实验室。正在为该项目编写新的教材，强调以探究为基础的教学方法和以研究为基础的课程。实验室技术包括心理伴侣和PEAK(心理实验创作工具包)软件。在之前NSF资助的工作的基础上，该项目还在调整讲师的概念，即训练有素的实验室监督员，他们将为实验室中的学生提供现场援助。在实验室里，学生们首先学习批判性地思考经典实验，然后自己进行实验。为教师提供专业发展的机会，以学习引导式探究教学方法，获得管理学习团队的经验，并帮助学生提高自我反省的技能。一门针对教师的课程也在开发中。为了评估该项目，在计算机实验室实施之前注册了实验心理学的控制组学生的表现与在计算机实验室安装后注册相同课程的干预组学生的表现进行了比较。一项同伴评估研究比较了课程中使用实验室的学生和没有使用实验室的学生。

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.