PSYC 400
Teaching and Learning in Psychology
Fall 2025 · Applied Research in Higher Education
Topics
- Learning
Readings
- Required: Course Textbooks Edition(s) Publisher
- Listed material: Due 1 (Class Sept 8) Welcome!
- Listed material: Norris, M. E. (2024). Philosophies about learning and the practices that follow. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, 65(2), 93. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000392
- Listed material: Responses/Discussi on Leader due Thursday, 9pm
Fall 2024 · Applied Research in Higher Education
Topics
- Learning
Readings
- Listed material: Responses/Discu ssion Leader Responses, Sunday 9pm
- Listed material: Lilienfeld, S. O. (2012). Public skepticism of psychology: Why many people perceive the study of human behavior as unscientific. American Psychologist, 67(2), 111–129. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023963 LoSchiavo, F. M., Shatz, M. A., & Poling, D. A. (2008). Strengthening the scholarship of teaching and learning via experimentation. Teaching of Psychology, 35(4), 301-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/00986280802377164 Kember, D. (2003). To control or not to control: The question of whether experimental designs are appropriate for evaluating teaching innovations in higher education. Learning styles: Concepts and evidence. Psychological science in the public interest, 9(3), 105-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539- 6053.2009.01038.x
- Listed material: Butler, M. (2024). Financing Canadian colleges and universities in the 21st century. In M. E. Norris and S. M. Smith (Eds.), Leading the Way: Envisioning the Future of Higher Education. Kingston, ON: Queen’s University, eCampus Ontario. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Retrieved from https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/futureofhighereducation/chapt er/financing-canadian-colleges-and-universities/ Penny Thompson Thomson, P. (2019). Chapter 3: Cognitive Theories of Learning, Foundations of Educational Technology. https://open.library.okstate.edu/foundationsofeducationaltechnology/c hapter/3-cognitive-theories-of-learning/ Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham ,D. T. (2013). Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612453266 Stockard, J., Wood, T. W., Coughlin, C., & Rasplica Khoury, C. (2018). The effectiveness of direct instruction curricula: A meta- analysis of a half century of research. Review of educational research, 88(4), 479-507. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654317751919
- Listed material: Vogel-Walcutt, J. J., Gebrim, J. B., Bowers, C., Carper, T. M., & Nicholson, D. (2011). Cognitive load theory vs. constructivist approaches: Which best leads to efficient, deep learning? Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(2), 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00381.x
- Listed material: Karpicke, J. D. (2017). Retrieval-based learning: A decade of progress. In J. T. Wixted (Ed.), Cognitive psychology of memory, Vol. 2 of Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference (J. H. Byrne, Series Ed.) (pp. 487-514). Oxford: Academic Press. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED599273.pdf Tuovinen, J. E., Sweller, J., Tuovinen, J. E., & Sweller, J. (1999). A comparison of cognitive load associated with discovery learning and worked examples. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(2), 334- 341. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.91.2.334 Oppenheimer, D. M. (2008). The secret life of fluency. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(6), 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2008.02.014
- Listed material: https://www.learningscientists.org/ https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_kids_can_teach_thems elves?language=en
- Listed material: Curşeu, P. L., & Pluut, H. (2013). Student groups as learning entities: The effect of group diversity and teamwork quality on groups' cognitive complexity. Studies in Higher Education, 38(1), 87-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2011.565122 Springer, L., Stanne, M. E., & Donovan, S. S. (1999). Effects of small- group learning on undergraduates in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology: A meta-analysis. Review of educational research, 69(1), 21-51. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543069001021
- Listed material: Michaelsen, L. K., & Sweet, M. (2008). The essential elements of team-based learning. New directions for teaching and learning, 2008(116), 7-27. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.330
- Listed material: Joordens, S., & Kaur, I. (2024). Re-imagining education for an uncertain future: Can technology help us become more human? In M. E. Norris and S. M. Smith (Eds.), Leading the Way: Envisioning the Future of Higher Education. Kingston, ON: Queen’s University, eCampus Ontario. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Retrieved from https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/futureofhighereducation/chapt er/re-imagining-education-for-an-uncertain-future-can-technology- help-us-become-more-human/ Stinson, C. (2024). What are large language models made of? In M. E. Norris and S. M. Smith (Eds.), Leading the Way: Envisioning the Future of Higher Education. Kingston, ON: Queen’s University, eCampus Ontario. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Retrieved from https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/futureofhighereducation/chapt er/what-are-large-language-models-made-of/
- Listed material: Szpunar, K. K., McDermott, K. B., & Roediger, H. L. (2007). Expectation of a final cumulative test enhances long-term retention. Memory & Cognition, 35(5), 1007–1013. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193473 Dewsbury, B. M., Swanson, H. J., Moseman-Valtierra, S., & Caulkins, J. (2022). Inclusive and active pedagogies reduce academic outcome gaps and improve long-term performance. Plos one, 17(6), e0268620. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268620
- Listed material: Crouch, C., Fagen, A. P., Callan, J. P., & Mazur, E. (2004). Classroom demonstrations: Learning tools or entertainment? American Journal of Physics, 72(6), 835-838. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1707018
- Listed material: Restoule, J. P., Mashford-Pringle, A., Chacaby, M., Smillie, C., Brunette, C., & Russel, G. (2013). Supporting successful transitions to post-secondary education for Indigenous students: Lessons from an institutional ethnography in Ontario, Canada. International Indigenous
- Listed material: Heffernan, T. (2023). Abusive comments in student evaluations of courses and teaching: the attacks women and marginalised academics endure. Higher Education, 85(1), 225-239. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-022-00831-x
- Listed material: Berk, R. A. (2018). Start spreading the news: Use multiple sources of evidence to evaluate teaching. The Journal of Faculty Development, 32(1), 73-81. https://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/pdf/UseMultipleSourcesSRs_B erk_JFacDev1-11-2018.pdf Deslauriers, L., McCarty, L. S., Miller, K., Callaghan, K., & Kestin, G. (2019). Measuring actual learning versus feeling of learning in response to being actively engaged in the classroom. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(39), 19251–19257. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821936116 Haladyna, T. M., Downing, S. M., & Rodriguez, M. C. (2002). A review of multiple-choice item-writing guidelines for classroom
Fall 2023 · Applied Research in Higher Education
Topics
- Scholarship of teaching and learning
- educational research methods
- Indigenous research
- cognitive models of learning
- pedagogy
- online and multimedia learning
- teaching practice.
Readings
- Please note: The reading list below may change if circumstances warrant. This is the plan, though! Any
- changes will be communicated through onQ announcements and email. Please note all readings are in
- onQ via FeedbackFruits. Inclusion in the reading list does not mean that these works are perfect—at this
- level of scholarship, we will be discussing these papers. I encourage you to consider the concepts of
- validity, reliability, generalizability, and ethics (VRGE) as you read. Looking forward to sharing some
- important discussions this year!
- W
- e
- ek
- Topic(s)
- Sept 5-
- Welcome!!
- This will be the one class where you will hear me talk a
- lot : ) After this, you will get practice doing the talking. I
- am excited to share this semester with you!
- Sept
- 11-17
- Research
- Methods in
- Education
- Datta, R. (2018). Decolonizing both researcher and
- research and its effectiveness in Indigenous research.
- Research Ethics, 14(2), 1-24.
- Reading
- Responses
- due 9am
- Monday in
- Feedback
- Fruits (to
- be used in
- class
- Thursday);
- Teaching
- Philosophy
- 1 due
- September
- 15 2pm to
- onQ
- Lilienfeld, S. O. (2012). Public skepticism of
- psychology: Why many people perceive the study of
- human behavior as unscientific. American Psychologist,
- 67(2), 111–129. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023963
- LoSchiavo, F. M., Shatz, M. A., & Poling, D. A. (2008).
- Strengthening the scholarship of teaching and learning
- via experimentation. Teaching of Psychology, 35(4),
- 301-304.
- Kember, D. (2003). To control or not to control: The
- question of whether experimental designs are
- appropriate for evaluating teaching innovations in higher
- education. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher
- Education, 28(1), 89-101.
- Recommended but not required (book):
- https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/knowinghome/
- 18-24
- Beginning
- Cognitive
- Models of
- Learning
- Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R.
- (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence.
- Psychological science in the public interest, 9(3), 105-
- 119.
- Form
- Triangles
- Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M.
- J., & Willingham ,D. T. (2013). Improving Students’
- Learning With Effective Learning Techniques:
- Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational
- Psychology. Psychological Science in the Public
- Interest, 14(1), 4–58.
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612453266
- Penny Thompson Thomson, P. (2019). Chapter 3:
- Cognitive Theories of Learning, Foundations of
- Educational Technology.
- https://open.library.okstate.edu/foundationsofeducational
- technology/chapter/3-cognitive-theories-of-learning/
- 25-Oct
- (continued)
- Siregar, N. R. (2021). Explicit Instruction and Executive
- Functioning Capacity: A New Direction in Cognitive
- Load Theory. Journal of Education, 002205742110332.
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574211033256
- Individual
- Problem
- Statement
- due
- Vogel-Walcutt, J. J., Gebrim, J. B., Bowers, C., Carper,
- T. M., & Nicholson, D. (2011). Cognitive load theory vs.
- constructivist approaches: Which best leads to efficient,
- deep learning? Journal of Computer Assisted Learning,
- 27(2), 133-145.
- 29, 2pm;
- connect
- with your
- triangle
- team!
- Karpicke, J. D. (2017). Retrieval-based learning: A
- decade of progress. In J. T. Wixted (Ed.), Cognitive
- psychology of memory, Vol. 2 of Learning and memory:
- A comprehensive reference (J. H. Byrne, Series Ed.) (pp.
- 487-514). Oxford: Academic Press.
- Tuovinen, J. E., Sweller, J., Tuovinen, J. E., & Sweller,
- J. (1999). A comparison of cognitive load associated
- with discovery learning and worked examples. Journal
- of Educational Psychology, 91(2), 334- 341.
- doi:10.1037/0022-0663.91.2.334
- Oppenheimer, D. M. (2008). The secret life of fluency.
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(6), 237–241.
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2008.02.014
- Oct 2-8
- *DDQI
- C*
- Innovation in
- Chew, S. L. (2021). An advance organizer for student
- learning: Choke points and pitfalls in studying. Canadian
- Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, No Pagination
- Specified-No Pagination Specified.
- https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000290
- Groups
- being
- formed in
- class!
- Guest
- speaker
- from
- DDQIC;
- Confirm
- scheduling
- teaching
- **TEACHI
- NG
- The following are not for FeedbackFruits, but please
- be sure to review them and take some notes for class
- https://www.learningscientists.org/
- https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_kids_can_te
- ach_thems elves?language=en
- TRIANGL
- ES**
- Octobe
- r 16-22
- **
- AWAY
- CPR**
- Have
- teachin
- g
- triangl
- es this
- week
- Science of
- Group Work
- (+ group work
- time)
- Davies, W. M. (2009). Groupwork as a form of
- assessment: Common problems and recommended
- solutions. Higher education, 58(4), 563-584.
- Fruits; NO
- FORMAL
- CLASS.
- Use this
- time to
- work on
- your group
- project
- proposals!
- Group
- problem
- statement
- October 20,
- 2pm; (quiz
- in
- PSYC100,
- no teaching
- triangles
- this week)
- Curşeu, P. L., & Pluut, H. (2013). Student groups as
- learning entities: The effect of group diversity and
- teamwork quality on groups' cognitive complexity.
- Studies in Higher Education, 38(1), 87-103.
- Springer, L., Stanne, M. E., & Donovan, S. S. (1999).
- Effects of small- group learning on undergraduates in
- science, mathematics, engineering, and technology: A
- meta-analysis. Review of educational research, 69(1),
- 21-51.
- Michaelsen, L. K., & Sweet, M. (2008). The essential
- elements of team-based learning. New directions for
- teaching and learning, 2008(116), 7-27.
- Oct 23-
- 29 **
- away
- for
- diversi
- ty
- trainin
- g**
- But…how to
- increase
- elaboration?
- Christensen Hughes, J., & Eaton, S. E. (2022). Student
- integrity violations in the academy: More than a decade
- of growing complexity and concern. Academic integrity
- in Canada: An enduring and essential challenge, 61-79.
- is hoping to
- run this
- remotely,
- but I will
- be traveling
- for a
- Bradbury, N. A. (2016). Attention span during lectures:
- 8 seconds, 10 minutes, or more? Advances in Physiology
- Education, 40(4), 509– 513.
- https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00109.2016
- Szpunar, K. K., McDermott, K. B., & Roediger, H. L.
- (2007). Expectation of a final cumulative test enhances
- long-term retention. Memory & Cognition, 35(5), 1007–
- 1013. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193473
- unique
- opportunity
- diversity
- training. If
- I cannot
- run the
- there will
- be a guest
- speaker : )
- Dewsbury, B. M., Swanson, H. J., Moseman-Valtierra,
- S., & Caulkins, J. (2022). Inclusive and active
- pedagogies reduce academic outcome gaps and improve
- long-term performance. Plos one, 17(6), e0268620.
- Crouch, C., Fagen, A. P., Callan, J. P., & Mazur, E.
- (2004). Classroom demonstrations: Learning tools or
- entertainment? American Journal of Physics, 72(6), 835-
- 838.
- r 30-
- Novem
- ber 5
- Thinking
- about EDI in
- Higher Ed
- Walton, G. M., & Cohen, G. L. (2011). A brief socialbelonging intervention improves academic and health
- outcomes of minority students. Science, 331(6023),
- 1447-1451.
- Submit
- feedback to
- your peers!
- Restoule, J. P., Mashford-Pringle, A., Chacaby, M.,
- Smillie, C., Brunette, C., & Russel, G. (2013).
- Supporting successful transitions to post-secondary
- education for Indigenous students: Lessons from an
- institutional ethnography in Ontario, Canada.
- International Indigenous Policy Journal, 4(4).
- Toutain, Christopher (2019). Barriers to
- Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in
- Higher Education: A Literature Review. Journal of
- Postsecondary Education and Disability, 32 (3), 297-
- 310.
- Lovett, B. J., & Harrison, A. G. (2021). De-
- Implementing Inappropriate Accommodations Practices.
- Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 36(2), 115-126.
- Scullin, M. K. (2019). The Eight Hour Sleep Challenge
- During Final Exams Week. Teaching of Psychology,
- 46(1), 55–63.
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628318816142
- ber 6-
- Evaluating
- Teaching and
- Assessing for
- Whether
- Students
- Learned
- Wesp, R., & Miele, J. (2008). Student opinions of the
- quality of teaching activities poorly predict pedagogical
- effectiveness. Teaching of Psychology, 35(4), 360-362.
- Triangle
- Report due
- November
- 10, 2pm
- Heffernan, T. (2023). Abusive comments in student
- evaluations of courses and teaching: the attacks women
- and marginalised academics endure. Higher Education,
- 85(1), 225-239.
- Berk, R. A. (2018). Start spreading the news: Use
- multiple sources of evidence to evaluate teaching. The
- Journal of Faculty Development, 32(1), 73-81.
- Deslauriers, L., McCarty, L. S., Miller, K., Callaghan,
- K., & Kestin, G. (2019). Measuring actual learning
- versus feeling of learning in response to being actively
- engaged in the classroom. Proceedings of the National
- Academy of Sciences, 116(39), 19251–19257.
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821936116
- Haladyna, T. M., Downing, S. M., & Rodriguez, M. C.
- (2002). A review of multiple-choice item-writing
- guidelines for classroom assessment. Applied
- measurement in education, 15(3), 309-333.
- Brothen, T. (2012). Time Limits on Tests: Updating the
- 1-Minute Rule. Teaching of Psychology, 39(4), 288–
- 292. https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628312456630
- 10 Novem
- ber 13-
- Online
- Schrenk, N., Alves, K., Van Dam, D., & Schrenk, B.
- (2021). Reflecting on best practices for online learning
- in a Post-COVID-19 world. Online Learning, 25(4),
- 486-504.
- Fisher, M., & Oppenheimer, D. M. (2021). Harder Than
- You Think: How Outside Assistance Leads to
- Overconfidence. Psychological Science, 32(4), 598–610.
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620975779
- Noetel, M., Griffith, S., Delaney, O., Sanders, T., Parker,
- P., del Pozo Cruz, B., & Lonsdale, C. (2021). Video
- improves learning in higher education: A systematic
- review. Review of Educational Research, 91(2), 204-
- 236.
- Mayer, R. E., & Moreno, R. (2003). Nine ways to reduce
- cognitive load in multimedia learning. Educational
- psychologist, 38(1), 43-52.
- 11 Nov
- 20-26
- Presentation/P
- itches
- 12 Novem
- ber 27-
- Dec3
- 2 Due
- December
- 5 2pm;
- Final
- Report Due
- 5 2pm
Fall 2022 · Applied Research in Higher Education
Topics
- Learning
Readings
- Listed material: 1 Welcome!! This will be the one class where you will hear me talk a lot : ) After this, you will get practice doing the talking. I am excited to share this semester with you! 2 Research Methods in Education Datta, R. (2018). Decolonizing both researcher and research and its effectiveness in Indigenous research. Research Ethics, 14(2), 1-24. Lilienfeld, S. O. (2012). Public skepticism of psychology: Why many people perceive the study of human behavior as unscientific. American Psychologist, 67(2), 111–129. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023963 LoSchiavo, F. M., Shatz, M. A., & Poling, D. A. (2008). Strengthening the scholarship of teaching and learning via experimentation. Teaching of Psychology, 35(4), 301-304. Kember, D. (2003). To control or not to control: The question of whether experimental designs are appropriate for evaluating teaching innovations in higher education. Recommended but not required (book): https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/knowinghome/ 3 Beginning Cognitive Models of Learning Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence. Psychological science in the public interest, 9(3), 105-119.
- Listed material: Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612453266 Siregar, N. R. (2021). Explicit Instruction and Executive Functioning Capacity: A New Direction in Cognitive Load Theory. Journal of Education, 002205742110332. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574211033256 Vogel-Walcutt, J. J., Gebrim, J. B., Bowers, C., Carper, T. M., & Nicholson, D. (2011). Cognitive load theory vs. constructivist approaches: Which best leads to efficient, deep learning? Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(2), 133-145. 4 Cognitive Models of Learning (continued) Karpicke, J. D. (2017). Retrieval-based learning: A decade of progress. In J. T. Wixted (Ed.), Cognitive psychology of memory, Vol. 2 of Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference (J. H. Byrne, Series Ed.) (pp. 487-514). Oxford: Academic Press. Tuovinen, J. E., Sweller, J., Tuovinen, J. E., & Sweller, J. (1999). A comparison of cognitive load associated with discovery learning and worked examples. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(2), 334- 341. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.91.2.334 Oppenheimer, D. M. (2008). The secret life of fluency. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(6), 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2008.02.014 5 Innovation in Education Chew, S. L. (2021). An advance organizer for student learning: Choke points and pitfalls in studying. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, No Pagination Specified-No Pagination Specified [See source for the remaining reading list.]
- Listed material: 6 Science of Group Work (+ group work time) Davies, W. M. (2009). Higher education, 58(4), 563-584. Curşeu, P. L., & Pluut, H. (2013). Student groups as learning entities: The effect of group diversity and teamwork quality on groups' cognitive complexity. Studies in Higher Education, 38(1), 87-103. Springer, L., Stanne, M. E., & Donovan, S. S. (1999). Effects of small- group learning on undergraduates in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology: A meta-analysis. Review of educational research, 69(1), 21-51. Michaelsen, L. K., & Sweet, M. (2008). The essential elements of team-based learning. New directions for teaching and learning, 2008(116), 7-27. 7 But...how to increase elaboration? Evidence for some common approaches Bradbury, N. A. (2016). Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes, or more? Advances in Physiology Education, 40(4), 509– 513. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00109.2016 Guo, P. J., Kim, J., & Rubin, R. (2014). How video production affects student engagement: An empirical study of MOOC videos. Proceedings of the First ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale Conference, 41–50. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556325.2566239 Noetel, M., Griffith, S., Delaney, O., Sanders, T., Parker, P., del Pozo Cruz, B., & Lonsdale, C. (2021). Video improves learning in higher education: A systematic review. Review of Educational Research, 91(2), 204-236.
Fall 2021 · Applied Research in Higher Education
Topics
- Learning
Readings
- Listed material: Due Dat es 1 Welcome!!
- Listed material: 2 Research Methods in Education Datta, R. (2018). Decolonizing both researcher and research and its effectiveness in Indigenous research. Research Ethics, 14(2), 1-24.
- Listed material: Lilienfeld, S. O. (2012). Public skepticism of psychology: Why many people perceive the study of human behavior as unscientific. American Psychologist, 67(2), 111–129. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023963
- Listed material: LoSchiavo, F. M., Shatz, M. A., & Poling, D. A. (2008). Strengthening the scholarship of teaching and learning via experimentation. Teaching of Psychology, 35(4), 301-304.
- Listed material: Kember, D. (2003). To control or not to control: The question of whether experimental designs are appropriate for evaluating teaching innovations in higher education.
- Recommended but not required (book): https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/knowinghome/
- Listed material: 3 Beginning Cognitive Models of Learning Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence. Psychological science in the public interest, 9(3), 105-119.
- Listed material: Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612453266
- Listed material: Siregar, N. R. (2021). Explicit Instruction and Executive Functioning Capacity: A New Direction in Cognitive Load Theory. Journal of Education, 002205742110332. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574211033256
- Listed material: Vogel-Walcutt, J. J., Gebrim, J. B., Bowers, C., Carper, T. M., & Nicholson, D. (2011). Cognitive load theory vs. constructivist approaches: Which best leads to efficient, deep learning? Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(2), 133-145.
- Listed material: 4 Cognitive Models of Learning (continued) Karpicke, J. D. (2017). Retrieval-based learning: A decade of progress. In J. T. Wixted (Ed.), Cognitive psychology of memory, Vol. 2 of Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference (J. H. Byrne, Series Ed.) (pp. 487-514). Oxford: Academic Press.
- Listed material: Tuovinen, J. E., Sweller, J., Tuovinen, J. E., & Sweller, J. (1999). A comparison of cognitive load associated with discovery learning and worked examples. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(2), 334- 341. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.91.2.334
- Listed material: Oppenheimer, D. M. (2008). The secret life of fluency. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(6), 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2008.02.014
- Listed material: 5 Innovation in Education Chew, S. L. (2021). An advance organizer for student learning: Choke points and pitfalls in studying. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, No Pagination Specified-No Pagination Specified. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000290
- Listed material: https://www.learningscientists.org/
- Listed material: https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_kids_can_teach_thems elves?language=en
- Listed material: 6 Science of Group Work (+ group work time) Davies, W. M. (2009). Higher education, 58(4), 563-584.
- Listed material: Curşeu, P. L., & Pluut, H. (2013). Student groups as learning entities: The effect of group diversity and teamwork quality on groups' cognitive complexity. Studies in Higher Education, 38(1), 87-103.
- Listed material: Springer, L., Stanne, M. E., & Donovan, S. S. (1999). Effects of small-
2020 · Applied Research in Higher Education
Topics
- Situating the scholarship of teaching and learning (Design a research study)
- Cognitive models of Learning
- Small group learning (Workshop on Team Based Learning)
- Learning Styles (Universal Design for Learning)
- Online learning/Instructional Design - best practices (Community Service
- Learning)
- Critical thinking
2019-2020 · Applied Research in Higher Education
Topics
- Situating the scholarship of teaching and learning (Design a research study)
- Cognitive models of Learning
- Small group learning (Workshop on Team Based Learning)
- Learning Styles (Universal Design for Learning)
- On line learning/Instructional Design - best practices (Community Service
- Learning)
- Stress
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- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2025
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2024
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2023
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2022
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2021
- Syllabus / course outline ↗2020
- Syllabus / course outline ↗2019-2020
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- Additional readings or course notes are supplied through the course platform; individual titles may not be public.
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- Additional readings or course notes are supplied through the course platform; individual titles may not be public.
- Additional readings or course notes are supplied through the course platform; individual titles may not be public.