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  1. Improving the First Year of College

    Research and Practice

    Edited by Robert S. Feldman

    The first year of college represents an enormous milestone in students' lives. Whether attending a four-year or two-year institution of higher education, living on campus or at home, or enrolled in a highly selective school or a college with an open-admissions policy, students are challenged in...

    Published December 9th 2004 by Psychology Press

  2. Teaching Psychology

    A Step By Step Guide

    By Sandra Goss-Lucas, Douglas A. Bernstein

    Most new psychology instructors enter their first undergraduate classrooms with little or no formal preparation for their role as a teacher. The goal of this book is to review the body of teaching research that is available as well as some of the well-accepted lore, so as to make the first foray...

    Published October 18th 2004 by Psychology Press

  3. How to Become a Clinical Psychologist

    Getting a Foot in the Door

    By Alice Knight

    Based on information gathered from assistants, trainee clinical psychologists and clinical psychology course directors across the country, How to Become a Clinical Psychologist includes: information on work experience advice on job applications and interviews details of research projects and...

    Published October 9th 2002 by Routledge

  4. Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking

    A Workbook to Accompany Halpern's Thought & Knowledge, 4th Edition

    By Diane F. Halpern, Heidi R. Riggio

    A workbook for Thought & Knowledge, Fourth Edition by Diane F Halpern, Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking, Fourth Edition is filled with new exercises to reinforce learning and practice newly acquired skills. This workbook can be purchased in a student package with Thought &...

    Published July 31st 2002 by Routledge

  5. Thought and Knowledge

    An Introduction to Critical Thinking, 4th Edition

    By Diane F. Halpern, Diane F. Halpern

    This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the APA, Diane Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach students the thinking skills they need to succeed in today's world. This new edition retains features from earlier editions...

    Published July 31st 2002 by Psychology Press

  6. The Ethics of Teaching

    A Casebook, 2nd Edition

    By Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Bernard E. Whitley, Jr., Deborah Ware Balogh, David V. Perkins, Arno F. Wittig

    The Ethics of Teaching provides a frank discussion of the most frequently encountered ethical dilemmas that can arise in educational settings, as well as tips on how to avoid these predicaments and how to deal with them when they do occur. The goal is to stimulate discussion and raise faculties'...

    Published June 30th 2002 by Psychology Press

  7. The Teaching of Psychology

    Essays in Honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie and Charles L. Brewer

    Edited by Stephen F. Davis, William Buskist

    The Teaching of Psychology is centered around the masterful work of two champions of the teaching of psychology, Wilbert J. McKeachie and Charles L. Brewer, in order to recognize their seminal contributions to the teaching of the discipline. The book's main goal is to provide comprehensive coverage...

    Published December 31st 2001 by Psychology Press

  8. Study Skills for Psychology Students

    A Practical Guide

    By Sylvie Collins, Pauline Kneale

    ""The problem with the first year was I didn't know what I didn't know, and even when I thought there was something I was supposed to know I didn't know what to do about it."" This quote from a perplexed undergraduate student illustrates the plight of many first-years who feel overwhelmed by the...

    Published November 2nd 2000 by Routledge

  9. Friends and Enemies

    Peer Relations and Friendships in Childhood

    By Barry Schneider

    Series: International Texts in Developmental Psychology

    Peer relations in childhood have long been thought to affect adjustment and maladjustment across the lifespan. In his timely book, Schneider, an expert in the theory and applications of research into childhood peer relationships, provides an introductory overview of this area within developmental...

    Published June 23rd 2000 by Routledge