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Teaching and Learning Developmental Psychology in the Frame of Anchored Instruction     
Yazarlar
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nilgün GÜNBAŞ
Türkiye
Melike Eğer Aydoğmuş
Türkiye
Özet
Psychology teaching is mostly teacher-centered which can omit students’ active learning as reported by the instructors of psychology. In higher education, video-based cases are widely used for students’ group discussions in which students are actively involved. Anchored instruction (AI) with seven design principles presents video-based meaningful contexts in which real life problems are embedded. There are limited number of studies embracing such design principles in the area of psychology. In this study, we aimed to utilize three principles of AI to teach psychology via a concurrent convergent design. 50 out of 115 participants registered for an introductory psychology course were assigned to either AI or traditional method (TM) conditions and the remaining were used as controls. We used conventional methods of teaching for the TM group by exposing them regular in-class lectures. On the other hand, the AI group watched a video on a therapy session and had group discussions in addition to in-class lectures. Both treatment groups were tested on related developmental psychology topics in the beginning and at the end of the experiment. Even though the difference was not significant, students in the AI condition scored higher than their counterparts at the post-test. The analyses of final exam scores while controlling midterm scores showed that the AI group significantly outperformed the TM group at the finals. Ingroup discussions from the AI condition revealed that students used their knowledge to solve the problems embedded in the video by referring to expected developmental psychology concepts and processes. In conclusion, this study showed that AI can provide psychology students at higher education an in-depth learning experience which motivates them to study in the long run.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Teaching of psychology | educational technology | developmental psychology | higher education | anchored instruction
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Ulusal alan endekslerinde (TR Dizin, ULAKBİM) yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION
Dergi ISSN 2536-4758
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler TR DİZİN
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 07-2022
Cilt No 37
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 1099 / 1115
Doi Numarası 10.16986/HUJE.2021073745
Makale Linki http://www.efdergi.hacettepe.edu.tr/yonetim/plugins/uploads/files/3899-published.pdf
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Teaching and Learning Developmental Psychology in the Frame of Anchored Instruction

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