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Teaching the Foundations of Psychological Science

Basic Research Methods and Statistics

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International Handbook of Psychology Learning and Teaching

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In this chapter, we detail a number of considerations for teachers of research methods and statistics courses at the undergraduate level, particularly introductory courses on these topics. In particular, we provide a rationale for why students need to learn the information in these courses, address challenges we as teachers face in teaching this information, and provide suggestions for overcoming these challenges and turning them into opportunities for students to understand the importance of this material. We also provide ideas for organizing the material in each of these two courses, discuss the benefits and pitfalls of teaching this material in an integrated course sequence, and highlight resources to help teachers teach this difficult material.

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  1. Psychological Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

    Regan A. R. Gurung

  2. Albion College, Albion, MI, USA

    Andrew Christopher

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  1. School of Education, Univ of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    Joerg Zumbach

  2. Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Bonita Springs, FL, USA

    Douglas Bernstein

  3. Psychology Learning & Instruction, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

    Susanne Narciss

  4. DISUFF, University of Salerno, Salerno, Salerno, Italy

    Giuseppina Marsico

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    Joerg Zumbach

  2. Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Douglas A. Bernstein

  3. Psychologie des Lehrens und Lernens, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Deutschland

    Susanne Narciss

  4. Department of Human, Philosophic, and Education Sciences, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

    Giuseppina Marsico

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Gurung, R.A.R., Christopher, A. (2022). Teaching the Foundations of Psychological Science. In: Zumbach, J., Bernstein, D., Narciss, S., Marsico, G. (eds) International Handbook of Psychology Learning and Teaching. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26248-8_20-2

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