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Promoting Critical Thinking Through Service Learning: A Home-Visiting Case Study, Cynthia G. Campbell, Brianna R. Oswald
Promoting Critical Thinking Through Service Learning: A Home-Visiting Case Study, Cynthia G. Campbell, Brianna R. Oswald
Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
As stated in APA Learning Outcomes 2 and 3, two central goals of higher education instruction are promoting students’ critical thinking skills and connecting student learning to real-life applications. To meet these goals, a community-based service-learning experience was designed using task value, interpersonal accountability, cognitive dissonance, and guided reflection, and was implemented to motivate and promote students’ critical thinking skills in a human development psychology course. Students in this course served as home visitors or support-group facilitators to vulnerable families and reflected on their experiences in class assignments. Qualitative evidence from class discussions and journal entries, and quantitative data from …
The Relation Between Parental Status And Alcohol Use Patterns And Attitudes About Underage Drinking, Mary Pritchard, Theodore W. Mcdonald
The Relation Between Parental Status And Alcohol Use Patterns And Attitudes About Underage Drinking, Mary Pritchard, Theodore W. Mcdonald
Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
In a sample of 143 adults from a population of households in Idaho, significant differences in patterns of alcohol use and attitudes about underage drinking were found as a function of parental status. Non-parents reported drinking alcohol more frequently than parents. Parents were significantly more likely than non-parents to report that it is never acceptable for minors to drink alcohol, that minors should not be allowed to drink alcohol at parties with no parents present, and that “sting” operations by police are warranted. Surprisingly, non-parents were significantly more likely than parents to that report stores and bars are not careful …