Introducing a novel research based tool in teaching psychology in the A levels

PsyToolkit是一个用于心理学研究的专业软件包。该软件用于设计、编程和运行实验认知心理学中典型的心理实验（例如，对记忆、感知、注意力的研究）。主申请人设计并开发了该软件，作为研究项目的一部分，该项目获得了各种组织（例如，实验心理学学会）的资助。现在，我们的目标是在A-level的心理学教学中使用这个软件。目前，a -level教师很少有机会使用具有PsyToolkit功能的软件，因此市场上确实存在空白。我们的目标是仅在英国就有大约15万名16岁以上的心理学学生和他们的老师，这个项目也可能具有国际吸引力。我们将建立一个网络服务器，提供学生和教师可以免费使用的PsyToolkit软件的在线版本，以及一个在线论坛和帮助台、研讨会、小册子和在线视频文档（“vodcast”）。拨款结束后，在利兹大学和国家科学学习中心的支持下，这项服务将继续（可能会持续多年）在线进行。作为其中的一部分，我们还将探索用户反馈，以随着时间的推移改进服务。

PsyToolkit is a professional software package used in psychological research. The software is used for designing, programming, and running psychological experiments typical in experimental cognitive psychology (e.g., the study of memory, perception, attention). The main applicant has designed and developed this software as part of a research project which received funding from various organisations (e.g., from the Experimental Psychology Society). Now, we aim to use this software in teaching psychology at A-level. Currently, A-level teachers have little access to software with the functionality of PsyToolkit, so there is a real gap in the market. We aim to reach the potential audience of about 150,000 post-16 psychology students in the UK alone, as well as their teachers, and this project is likely to have international appeal as well. We will set up a web server providing an on-line version of the software PsyToolkit which students and teachers will be able to use free of cost, as well as an on-line forum and help desk, workshops, booklets, and on-line video documentation ("vodcasts"). After the grant is over, the service will continue (likely for many years to come) on-line with the support of the University of Leeds and the National Science Learning Centre. As part of this, we will also explore user feedback to improve the service over time.