The teaching of psychology: a survey of research since 1942.

Research directed at the teaching of psychology (particularly the elementary course) is examined in terms of teaching goals, factors affecting achievement of these goals, measures available to research in this area, and future research needs. Greater awareness of instruments or tools used by other researchers would result in reduced expenditure of effort. The lack of a theoretical basis for the research is the most critical cause of equivocal research outcomes in this domain. In many cases it is preferable to use "… gains as criteria rather than scores on a posttest." 72 references. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)