New ToPIX Content: 4/18/2011

ToPIX welcomes Xin Zhao from Utah State University!  (And a special thank you to Scott Bates for the recommendation!) He has started working on organizing and adding content to the recommended psychology-related books.  Once the book titles are sorted, the plan is to move them into a categorized column on the main ToPIX page, next to the video clips. Look for that in the coming weeks.  

NPR news featured a short (4-min) segment last week by gerontologist Mark Lachs on adaptive competence, the apparent key to living a long life: Development-in-the-News.

The NPR health blog featured some new research on the impact of meditation on pain: Sensation-in-the-News. 

 

NOVA aired an episode on February 2, 2011 titled “How Does the Brain Work?”  It’s divided into 4 segments.  One of the segments, Magic and the Brain (12 mins), can be found on the Perception Video page.  The other 3 segments are coming soon.

New ToPIX Content: 4/10/2011

It's the beginning of a new quarter for many of us here in the Pacific Northwest.  It usually takes me about 3 weeks to get my bearings.  Tomorrow begins Week 3, so I'm declaring myself ahead of schedule.

Aaron Richmond has added a couple new resources to the Educational Psych in the Classroom page. (Thanks Aaron!)

• How to use instructional and assessment vignettes in your educational psychology class
• Constructivism taught constructively

In Neuroscience in the News is a story on soldiers who returned home with traumatic brain injury and PTSD.  The story opens with one soldier's failed attempt at suicide-by-cop.


On a lighter note, NPR reported last week on research on the benefits of being bilingual.  You can find a link to that story on the Language in the News page.
 

Research/Writing Workshop on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Call for Participation

The Society for the Teaching of Psychology announces the first STP writing workshop for faculty who would like to learn more about the process of developing and/or writing a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) project. SoTL is defined as methodologically rigorous scholarly work conducted to enhance teaching and advance learning, ideally resulting in peer-reviewed products made public.

The workshop will allow a small select group of faculty members to receive guidance on SoTL research from an experienced mentor and consult with both statistical and publication experts.  Each participant will be placed with a mentor and a team of 3-4 peers.  The mentor will support participants through the research process, which may include discussing ideas or analyzing, outlining, and writing a final product.  The ultimate goal is to generate a complete manuscript.

This workshop will be held in conjunction with the STP Best Practices Conference on October 14-15, 2011, in Atlanta, GA.  The cost of the workshop is $100 in addition to the conference registration fee which is heavily discounted for you as you will use some conference session time for your project work.  Mentors will work with their team before the conference to prepare for the workshop as well as Friday morning and Saturday afternoon.

Please complete an application; no payment is required at this time. Applications are due by May 30th, 2011.  For questions or more information/details please contact the Chair of the writing workshop, Janie Wilson (jhwilson@georgiasouthern.edujhwilson@georgiasouthern.edu).