An Exercise to Assess Student Understanding of Bottleneck Concepts in Research Methods
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- Last edited 24 days ago by Peter Riegler
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Abstract
This 16-page Best Practices teaching resource outlines a class activity geared toward traditionally difficult concepts (i.e., bottleneck concepts) in research methods. As a Best Practices contribution, this resource begins by describing the empirically-supported teaching strategies utilized in the development and execution of the activity. In this activity, students are presented with a fictional news story and are asked to critically examine the content, assumptions, and conclusions made by the fictitious author. Students are asked to write a response to the article outlining the methodological problems with the research presented and offer suggestions for improvement. All materials needed for the activity are provided in the resource, including an instructor grading rubric and series of questions aimed at increasing metacognitive awareness.
Bibliographic data
Joan T. Bihun and Mitchell M. Handelsman (2018). “An Exercise to Assess Student Understanding of Bottleneck Concepts in Research Methods", Resources for Teachers of Psychology