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Inquiry-based Learning across the curriculum

PEBBLE: Psychological Enquiry-based Learning. Inquiry-based Learning across the curriculum. Myles Jones. Department of Psychology, The University of Sheffield. ‘We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.’.

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Inquiry-based Learning across the curriculum

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  1. PEBBLE: Psychological Enquiry-based Learning Inquiry-based Learning across the curriculum Myles Jones Department of Psychology, The University of Sheffield ‘We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.’

  2. Links between teaching and research Involving students in the research process ‘Research-led teaching’

  3. Level 3 Extended Essay ‘Practical’ Project

  4. Dinosaurus Didacticus Dinosaurus Didacticus The Past Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

  5. Skills Sought by Graduate Recruiters (AGR 2006): • Commitment and DriveMotivation and Enthusiasm • Teamworking • Oral CommunicationFlexibility and AdaptabilityCustomer FocusCommercial Sensitivity

  6. Dinosaurus Didacticus Dinosaurus Didacticus The Past Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

  7. Large numbers of students (~300) Didactic lectures ‘factual knowledge’ MCQ exam and tutorials Changes in number of students with A-level Psychology Ill prepared for psychology as a discursive subject Psy 101: The Past Dinosaurus Didacticus

  8. Psychology in the popular media

  9. The Task • Find BBC internet news articles and newspaper articles (Newsbank) • Work in groups (Collaborative Inquiry) • Find corresponding scholarly article using WoK (Web of knowledge) • Fill in power point assessment to reflect on searching process

  10. Staff Tutors Students The Implementation: 3 Tiers

  11. The Implementation: Web Tools

  12. ‘Journals contain facts unlike the daily mail’

  13. Dinosaurus Didacticus Dinosaurus Didacticus Research methods – ‘stats’ • Level 1 sem 2 PSY 104- Methods and Reasoning • Level 2 PSY 239 -Psychological Research Methods Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

  14. Existing exam question An experimenter wants to know whether anxiety is related to running time in high level athletes…

  15. The quantitative research process Hypothesis generation Topic choice Literature search Experimental design Data Collection Analysis Reporting Interpreting Write-up

  16. The quantitative research process Hypothesis generation Topic choice Literature search Experimental design Data Collection Analysis Reporting Interpreting Write-up

  17. Staff Tutors Students Level 1 The Implementation: 3 Tiers

  18. Collaborative review Run in Groups of 4-5 Write single collaborative review Use of different research methods in… Topic chosen by PG tutors Face-to-face tutorial Introduce topic Introduce literature search (Web of Knowledge)

  19. The quantitative research process Hypothesis generation Topic choice Literature search Experimental design Data Collection Analysis Reporting Interpreting Write-up

  20. Research design tutorial Tutors present choice of research questions From (postgraduate) tutor’s field Collaboratively design study to test one Fill out summary sheet at end of tutorial Hypothesis, IV levels, Design choice, DV choice, confounds

  21. Analysis Workshop tutorial Collaboratively analyse data from experimental design Data simulated to have properties expected from collected data More variables than specified to allow all Level One Tests

  22. Analysis worksheet Describes variables in data set 5 questions address: T-test (related) T-test (unrelated) Pearson correlation Chi-square Generate own question and test

  23. Example data description age (measured in years), sex (0=f 1=m) driving aggression (dragg) pre intervention scored on a questionnaire, range 0-20, higher scores means more aggressive driving aggression post intervention (dragg2). The same driving aggression scale conducted at a later date. In the interim all drivers had taken part in an anger management course. Ever had an accident (accid: 0=no 1=yes)

  24. Example questions 1. Is age related to pre-intervention driving aggression? 2. Are male drivers more aggressive than female drivers (pre-intervention)? 3. Are male drivers more likely to have been involved in an accident? 4. Did the anger management program reduce driving aggression? 5. Choose one further analysis to run using your dataset.

  25. Analysis Workshop tutorial Analyze and write-up data in one hour session (groups of 4): Choose statistical tests, run tests, interpret, write-up 2 Laptop computers provided (running SPSS and Word), notes and books allowed, Tutor as a resource Submit group report at end of session

  26. Level 2 Semester One Research proposal Analysis and report simulated data Focus on 1-way ANOVA Semester Two Full experimental design and report Focus on multiple regression

  27. Semester 1 Research proposal Work in groups of 4 during lab class 2 computers per group Choose research topic between group Search for papers on topic using Web of knowledge Design experiment to follow-up Constrained to design suitable for 1-way ANOVA 1 variable, 3 levels Summarize proposal during class

  28. Data generation and analysis Dataset simulated to mimic that which might have been collected Personalised versions for each student Analysis in own time 1 way ANOVA (all significant) Post hoc test (all 2 groups same, 1 different)

  29. Semester 1 Submission Individual research proposal Comprises literature review Details hypothesis and proposed methods Individual results write-up Write-up analysis of simulated data 10% of module mark

  30. Semester 2 activity Similar topic choice and literature search Design suitable for multiple regression required Data simulation Write up as if a real experimental study Individual analysis and write-up 20% of module mark

  31. The quantitative research process Hypothesis generation Topic choice Literature search Experimental design Data Collection Analysis Reporting Interpreting Write-up

  32. PSY259 - Psychological Concepts and Skills.

  33. PSY259 - Psychological Concepts and Skills. Tutorials are led by academic staff Problem: staff are expert in different areas of psychology Neuroscience Health

  34. A typical Psi experiment A “sender” selects a target image from an array, and attempts to mentally convey it to a “receiver” in another room

  35. The Present Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 IBL IBL IBL

  36. The Present Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

  37. And beyond….. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 IBL IBL IBL MSc

  38. PSY6311, 'Debates in Cognitive Neuroscience' • What causes dyslexia? • Does the brain use common systems to support both language and music? • How is dopamine involved in reinforcement learning? • Assess the strengths and weaknesses of one, or more, research methods in one,or more, areas of cognitive neuroscience.

  39. Acknowledgements Dr Richard Rowe (Sheffield; Psychology) Dr Tom Webb (Sheffield; Psychology) Dr Tom Stafford (Sheffield; Psychology) Dr Dan Carroll (Sheffield; Psychology) Pam McKinney (Sheffield; CILASS) Dr Jamie Wood (Sheffield; CILASS) Sandra Turkington (Sheffield; Library) Clare Scott (Sheffield; Library) Angela Newton (Leeds; Library) Dr Amanda Harrison (Leeds; Psychology) Dr Jon May (Sheffield; Psychology) Dr Jackie Andrade (Sheffield; Psychology)

  40. PEBBLE: Psychological Enquiry-based Learning We welcome comments, observations and discussion

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