Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!pucc!PSYCH@TCSVM From: harnad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Stevan Harnad) Newsgroups: sci.psychology.digest Subject: PSYCOLOQUY V1 #12 (Lab Instructor Survey: 162 lines) Message-ID: <9009010301.AA08220@psycho.Princeton.EDU> Date: 31 Aug 90 20:40:36 GMT Sender: VMNNPOST@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Listserv to Netnews Gateway) Organization: Listserv to Netnews Gateway at pucc.Princeton.EDU Lines: 157 Approved: PSYCH@TCSVM PSYCOLOQUY Fri, 31 Aug 90 Volume 1 : Issue 12 Survey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: UECKER%UNC.BITNET%ncsuvm.ncsu.edu@pucc Subject: Survey TO: LABORATORY INSTRUCTORS IN PSYCHOLOGY FROM: David Eckerman, Ph.D. email: uecker@UNC.Bitnet snailmail: CB#3270, Dept of Psychol. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Telephone: (919) 962-2130 TOPIC: A SURVEY OF UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY TRAINING IN PSYCHOLOGY: WHAT ROLES ARE MICROCOMPUTERS PLAYING? PLEASE COMPLETE A SURVEY WHETHER OR NOT YOUR COURSE USES MICROCOMPUTERS!! PLEASE RETURN THE SURVEY TO ME BY SEPTEMBER 15, 1990 At the New Orleans meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology* on November 15, I hope to review the impact of microcomputers on our teaching of undergraduate laboratory courses in psychology. I intend to focus on those courses, usually taught to psychology majors, where data are collected, analyzed, and reported for a number of excercises. If you teach such a course, I would greatly appreciate your completing the following survey for (the) laboratory course(s) offered by your Department. Please complete one survey for each laboratory course taught by your department. I realize this will take some time and thought, but I expect that it will be an interesting exercise to puzzle your way through, and I will be very happy to send a copy of the final report to those who respond -- I hope the convention address will ultimately be published in the April issue of Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. Thank you, DAE * - We meet the day before the Psychonomic Society for sessions on computers in psychological research and teaching. Membership open to all with an interest in this topic.. Dues are $10. Write Paula Goolkasian at (FPY00PAG@UNCCVM.Bitnet) for more information on joining or on the conference. Name of Respondent ____________________________ Your Address ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ e-mail ____________________________ telephone ____________________________ Your Institution (if not clear from above) __________________ Your Department (if not clear from above) ___________________ Number of full-time faculty in your department ______________ Number of undergrads at your institution ____________________ Number of majors in your department in their jr/sr year _____ Topic Codes - enter for all topics included in the course S -- Sensation/Perception/Psychophysics B -- Biopsychology A -- Animal Behavior -- Ethology CA - Conditioning & Learning (animal) CH - Conditioning & Learning (human) C -- Cognitive M -- Motivation ID - Individual Differences (testing) S -- Social Psychology X1 - Other ___________________ X2 - Other ______________________ ------------------------------------------------------------- FOR THE COURSE AS IT IS NOW TAUGHT -------------------------------------------------------------- Course codes (from list) __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __ how many students per section? _____ Number of students enrolled each year (including summer terms) _____ Percent that are freshman or sophomores ________ Percent that are juniors, seniors, or post-grads _______ Type(s) of microcomputers (if applies) _____________ Type(s) of mainframe/minicomp. (if applies) __________ Are microcomputers networked [ ] or stand-alone [ ] when was the current version of the course first taught? ____ Please indicate what percent of the effort the students expend in the course is directed toward the following activities? Then indicate what percent of their effort IN THAT CATEGORY actively involves MICROCOMPUTER use. [i.e., 100% IF TOTALLY DONE ON MICROCOMPUTER] Lastly, indicate what percent of the effort in that category actively involves use of MINI or MAINFRAME computer. : % : % of : % of : of : this : this : course : using : using : effort : micros : minis/mainfrm 1. review background info : : : 2. generate research ideas : : : 3. frame the problem/design : : : 4. collect the data : : : 5. characterize/analyze data : : : 6. interpret the results : : : 7. prepare the report : : : -------------------------------------------------------------- WAS THERE A PRIOR VERSION OF THIS COURSE ??? IF THERE WAS, PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AGAIN FOR THIS PRIOR VERSION -------------------------------------------------------------- Course codes (from list) __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __ how many students per section? _____ Number of students enrolled each year (including summer terms) _____ Percent that are freshman or sophomores ________ Percent that are juniors, seniors, or post-grads _______ Type(s) of microcomputers (if applies) _____________ Type(s) of mainframe/minicomp. (if applies) __________ Are microcomputers networked [ ] or stand-alone [ ] when was the PRIOR version of the course LAST taught? ____ Please indicate what percent of the effort the students expend in the course is directed toward the following activities? Then indicate what percent of their effort IN THAT CATEGORY actively involves MICROCOMPUTER use. [i.e., 100% IF TOTALLY DONE ON MICROCOMPUTER] Lastly, indicate what percent of the effort in that category actively involves use of MINI or MAINFRAME computer. : % : % of : % of : of : this : this : course : using : using : effort : micros : minis/mainfrm 1. review background info : : : 2. generate research ideas : : : 3. frame the problem/design : : : 4. collect the data : : : 5. characterize/analyze data : : : 6. interpret the results : : : 7. prepare the report : : : ------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE COMMENT ON HOW MICROCOMPUTERS HAVE (OR WOULD) CHANGE THE TEACHING OF THIS COURSE -- MANY THANKS!!! ------------------------------