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After two months of summer my students have had every chance to forget almost everything we did in year one. Sh*t, even when I sit down to my desk to plan the second year I struggle to think what we’ve already covered. 391 more words

I like to take my introduction to psychology quite slowly. On the very first lesson I get students to think about the definition of psychology and what they actually study by doing the following activity. 418 more words

This lesson idea is designed to go with the Introductory chapter, Topic 1.2 (b), Applying Conclusions.

For years I fear I underestimated just how complex psychology studies are at first glance for brand new IB Psychology students, so I’ve made a deliberate effort in my new course to have a real gradual introduction into using psychology studies.

This activity idea works well as a follow-up to the other activity about causation versus. correlation.

When looking at correlational studies and quasi-experiments it’s important, I think, to allow students to make the obvious conclusion first, which is generally one of causation.

This lesson works well with in the introductory unit, topic 1.2, lesson (d) “correlation.”

The following TED Talk by Adam Grant is really interesting for a number of reasons and it’s well worth a watch.