Assessment of "Teenage Diaries" for Teaching Concepts in Adolescent Psychology

Autor/inn/en	McKee, Meredith L.; MacDonald, Pamelyn M.
Titel	Assessment of "Teenage Diaries" for Teaching Concepts in Adolescent Psychology
Quelle	In: Journal of Instructional Psychology, 36 (2009) 4, S.343-346 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-1956
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Course Content; Diaries; Reading Ability; Psychology; Case Studies; Adolescents; Measures (Individuals); Pretests Posttests; Radio; Programming (Broadcast); Retention (Psychology); Scores; Instructional Effectiveness; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Kursprogramm; Diary; Tagebuch; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Psychologie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Messdaten; Programmgestaltung; Merkfähigkeit; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Student self-report measures have been reported in numerous studies to assert that the use of case studies in college psychology courses can help students to better understand the relevance of course topics; however, few studies have directly measured the impact of case studies on students' learning. The present study differs from previous studies involving case studies in that a pretest-posttest design with within-test control items was utilized to investigate the effectiveness of four "National Public Radio's Teenage Diaries" used to facilitate students' (N = 35) learning and retention of course concepts in an adolescent psychology course. The present study also sought to determine if other educational variables, such as prior coursework in psychology and reading ability, had any influence on students' test scores. The statistically significant results indicated that the use of the diaries was an effective instructional intervention, and that reading ability in part plays a role in students' academic achievement. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10