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Reaching Across The Aisle: The Benefits Of Interdisciplinary Work In Graduate School, Shelby Marie Afflerbach, Chelsea Chatham, Brittany Davis, Tracy M. Grimme, Kristie L. Campana, Jeffrey Buchanan
Reaching Across The Aisle: The Benefits Of Interdisciplinary Work In Graduate School, Shelby Marie Afflerbach, Chelsea Chatham, Brittany Davis, Tracy M. Grimme, Kristie L. Campana, Jeffrey Buchanan
Psychology Department Publications
In this article, we outline our own experiences with an interdisciplinary project we participated in at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Effects Of Classroom Design And Atmosphere Towards Affective Reactions And Memory Of Content, Brittney Bonnick
Effects Of Classroom Design And Atmosphere Towards Affective Reactions And Memory Of Content, Brittney Bonnick
Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of the present study was to investigate how a classroom’s design can alter an
individual’s memory of content and affective reactions towards the experience. 123 University of
Western Ontario Undergraduate students who were part of a first year psychology participation
pool listened to a video lecture on schizophrenia and then completed two paper and pencil
questionnaires. The first was a multiple-choice assessment of participant memory for lecture
material, and the second was a Likert scale on the perceived learning experience. The
atmosphere of the classroom as well as the design of the desk arrangements was changed for
different …
University Commitment: Test Of A Three-Component Model, Brittany Davis
University Commitment: Test Of A Three-Component Model, Brittany Davis
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
University commitment is critical to university success, as it positively impacts retention, as well as many other student attitudes and behaviors (Beil, Reisen, Zea, & Caplan, 1999; Tinto, 1987; Tinto, 2006; Woosley & Miller, 2009). Therefore, psychometrically sound measures of university commitment are of great importance to universities. The present study seeks to test the psychometric properties of a newly developed scale of university commitment. This study measured the internal consistency reliability, content validity, and construct validity of the newly created measure. Divergent validity was evaluated by comparing the new measure to the Perceived Academic Achievement Scale (Meagher, 2012) and …