Learning to Think and Write as an Empirical Psychologist: The Laboratory Course in Developmental Psychology
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Teaching of Psychology
- Vol. 17 (1) , 45-48
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top1701_11
Abstract
A laboratory course in developmental psychology is used as an example of teaching undergraduate students thinking and writing skills. Different varieties of written and oral communication are practiced: scientific experimental report writing, sequential and topical protocols of infant behavior, blooper examination responses, and oral presentations.Keywords
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