PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff

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E128: Some AP Psychology Chief Readers: One Off Is Right On Sep 28, 2021

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In this episode Eric interviews some of the individuals who have served as Chief Readers for Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology, including Jane Halonen from the University of West Florida, Ken Keith from the University of San Diego, Elizabeth Yost Hammer from Xavier University of Louisiana, & Rik Seefeldt from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. These four legendary leaders share their own AP beginnings, acorn skits, pranks, the power of social identity, chief reader regrets & advice for the future.

E127: Aaron Richmond (Part 2): Teacher / Editor / Guru, Pandemic Survivor, DNA-Infused Work Ethic Sep 14, 2021

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In this episode Eric interviews Aaron Richmond from Metropolitan State University-Denver in Denver, CO. In his 2nd podcast interview, Aaron shares homecare challenges with two educators and three school-age daughters during the pandemic. In 2020 he became the Editor of STP's Teaching of Psychology journal, and he shares his insights and excitement about that new role. Aaron has an off-the-charts work ethic, starting at age 12, and this helped him succeed through high school and college struggles.

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TMS02E10: Oh Rob. But Eric. Thus Season 2 Endeth [Only Listening Reveals The Context] Sep 10, 2021

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Episode snippets: test item formats and how the item format is related to the effectiveness of the assessment procedure; do we ever match the measurement modality to optimize to what we want to know about the construct? (No.) The Laura Petrie "oh Rob" moment is born; equivalencies and validities, the hard work of writing test item files for intro psych publishers, the difficult task of predictive validity studies, Rob's single diagnostic assessment item technique, quibbling over the word "best"

TMS02E09: I Learned It From You, Rob, I Learned It From You: Technology in My Classroom Sep 10, 2021

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Episode snippets: four students working together in research methods on one project; the shared lab notebook through Google Docs; the possible usefulness of Microsoft OneNote for a lab notebook; attempting to record how students think, and if their thinking changes over the course of a year-long research methods course; using Poll Everywhere to engage students in class; the dominance of Google-suite products

TMS02E08: Albert Bandura and Garth Neufeld Walk into a PsychSessions Podcast (Wait--I've Heard This One Before) Sep 10, 2021

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Episode snippets: Rob mentions the re-release of the Albert Bandura episode after his death; the newsletter; Eric tells his own story of meeting Dr. Bandura at the 2010 RMPA in Denver; the dinner with Nancy Karlin, Cheryl Sanders, Albert Bandura, and me at a Mexican restaurant; got to introduce Elizabeth Loftus too.

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TMS02E07: Back to the Classroom: Consultation Projects, Research Deep Dives, and Masks & Vaccines: Oh My! Sep 10, 2021

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Episode snippets: the joy of being face to face with students again, a capstone course and an intense research methods experience, consulting projects in the capstone course, writing in shorter segments, meaningful parent-teacher conferences, infographics, students leveraging grade feedback, Jane Halonen and magic, high school researchers and the challenge of access to resources

TMS02E06: Introductory Psychology, The Bachelor's Degree, and What's the Workforce Got To Do With It? Sep 10, 2021

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Episode snippets: introductory psychology and APA's Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI), preparing psychology majors for the psychology workforce, access and affordability, educational systems, is the AP psych course an equivalent to the college level intro psych? The apprenticeship model, "Cs get degrees," the benefit of transfer credits to students (and parents), some current students are paralyzed by the number of options/choices before them regarding career options; imposter phenomenon

TMS02E05: International Baccalaureate Psychology with Special Guest Casey Swanson Sep 10, 2021

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Episode snippets: the luxury of two years to teach intro psych in the IB psych curriculum, our guest Casey has taught both the AP psych and IB psych curriculum, so he can compare and contrast better than most; we discuss if IB programs have an exclusively issue/concern; entire schools must be IB schools

Note: The viewpoints expressed here by Casey Swanson represent his personal opinions and not the opinions of his employer or the International Baccalaureate Organization.

TMS02E04: Training vs. Teaching. What Instructors Want for Their Students vs. What Students Want Sep 10, 2021

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Episode snippets: AP Psych revisited, 1% interest level podcast, online training and what do you learn from automated testing, training vs. teaching, what instructors want for their students vs. what students want for themselves, students vote with their feet, what is the students' goal, mastery transcript, assessment centers in business schools

TMS02E03: The "Write" Stuff: Skills, Transfer, Coke vs. Pepsi, and More Sep 10, 2021

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Episode snippets: project-based learning, team-based learning, teamwork, far transfer and near transfer, students can productively "struggle" with assignments, understanding and teaching, students doing good work on the surface but not really understanding what they are doing, value and risk of canned experiments, Coke vs. Pepsi, Ruth Ault, assessing skills other than writing

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