FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE PROGRAM OF PRESENTATIONS Friday, April 5, 2013 8:00 - 9:00 AM REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST SESSION 1: 9:00AM-10:00AM ROOM 1: Oral Presentation Lysandra Perez-Strumolo, Nick Salter Teaching Integrated Research Methods and Data Analysis Course: A model for enhancing student learning through Intellectual Engagement and Research Experience ROOM 2: Panel Discussion Kasey Powers, Jill Grose-Fifer, Eduardo Vianna, Maureen O’Connor Teaching as Research: Building Community at a Large Urban University ROOM 3: Workshop Geoff Turner Using Google Forms to Collect Data and Present Results for In-Class and Out-of-Class Lab Projects ROOM 4: Oral Presentation Charles LaJeunesse The Ability of Cooperative Learning to Enhance Student Learning SESSION 2: 10:10AM-11:10AM ROOM 1: Oral Presentation Jeffrey D. Holmes, Geoff Turner Cockroaches, Monsters, and Placebos: Ten Studies to Promote Student Appreciation for Research in Psychology ROOM 2: Roundtable Discussion Benjamin Wood, Jessye Cohen-Filipic Ph.D. Dimensions of Teaching Counseling to Undergraduates ROOM 3: Workshop Debra Swoboda Bridging the Gap between Cognitive Psychology Research and Instructional Practical: A Model for Faculty Development ROOM 4: Workshop Summer Washington, Matthew Nolan Flipped Out: Successful Strategies for Improving Student Engagement SESSION 3: 11:30PM-12:30PM ROOM 1: Workshop Barbara Pezzanite, Christine Feeley, Marla Johnston Using Active Learning Strategies in the Psychology Classroom ROOM 2: Workshop Jacqueline Massa, Richard Conti, Christina Luna Learning How to Recognize Hidden Disabilities in the Classroom and Coping with the Disruptive Behavior ROOM 3: Oral Presentation Heidi R.M. O’Connor, Anne E. Stuart, Sandra A. Sego Spoiler Alert! Using Peer Role-Models to Reveal the Path to Graduation and Beyond ROOM 4: Roundtable Discussion Mary Hebert, Franz Vintshger The Integration of Literacy and Psychology in Freshmen Students LUNCH/KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 12:30PM – 2:00PM Keynote Address: Victor Benassi, PhD Applying the Science of Learning in Psychology Curricula SESSION 4: 2:30PM-3:00PM ROOM 1: Oral Presentation Dora Clark-Pine Whatever Happened to the Storytellers? Engaging Learners Effectively Through an Underutilized Technique ROOM 2: Oral Presentation Benjamin Wood Teaching Qualitative Research Methods to Undergraduates: Ready to Take the Plunge? ROOM 3: Oral Presentation Colleen Jacobson The Psychology Department Poster Session: Providing Undergraduate Psychology Majors with an In Vivo Research Presentation Experience ROOM 4: Oral Presentation Nicholas Salter, Amanda Maynard, Christina Connor, Vivian Milczarski Two Teaching Methods for Teaching Information Literacy to Psychology Students SESSION 5: 3:10PM-3:40PM ROOM 1: Oral Presentation Jeffrey Nevid We Write, We Learn: Incorporating Writing-to-Learn Assignments in Introductory Psychology ROOM 2: Oral Presentation Eva Goldhammer Service Learning and Reflection Writing Used to Promote Active Learning in an Abnormal Psychology Class ROOM 3: Oral Presentation Patricia Oswald, Katherine Zaromatidis Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in the Psychology Major ROOM 4: Oral Presentation Toni-Ann Mastando, Peter DelRosario What Instructors Should Know About Public Speaking Anxiety: Mechanisms, Treatments, and Multicultural Considerations SESSION 6: 3:50PM-4:20PM ROOM 1: Oral Presentation David J. Bennett Dragging vs. Drinking: Do Intro Students Take (or Even Know to Take) Advantage of Test Incentives? ROOM 2: Oral Presentation Jillian Flood Utilization of the One Minute Paper in a School Psychology Graduate Program ROOM 3: Oral Presentation Frederick Tesch, Donna Coelho, Ronald Drozdenko Profiling Professors: The Good, The Bad, The Gaudy ROOM 4: Oral Presentation John Mitterer The Pedagogical Alliance and the Science of Learning SESSION 7: 4:30-5:00 PM ROOM 1: Oral Presentation Yasmine Kalkstein Book Club: A Small Group Experience to Engage Students ROOM 2: Oral Presentation Thomas Heinzen Gamification of a Statistics Course ROOM 3: Oral Presentation Stephen A. Wurst Rebus Puzzles in Psychology Courses: Fun and Versatile Saturday, April 6, 2013 8:00 - 9:00 AM REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST SESSION 8: 9:00AM-10:20AM: INVITED ADDRESS D. Alan Bensley, PhD Taking a Scientific Approach to Critical Thinking Instruction and Assessment SESSION 9: 10:30AM-11:30PM ROOM 1: Oral Presentation Emily A.A. Dow, Jeff Kukucka, Magdalena Galazyn, Kasey L. Powers, and Patricia Brooks A Five-Slide Model for Pedagogy ROOM 2: Oral Presentation Christine Floether The Scary Psychology of Stephen King ROOM 3: Workshop Kristin Kenneavy, Lysandra Perez-Strumolo “Is Anybody in There?” Intellectual Engagement in the Classroom: A Sample of Successful Activities for Enhancing Active Learning ROOM 4: Workshop John M. Worrall Teaching Observational Coding to Undergraduates Using an Online Tool SESSION 10: 11:40AM-12:10PM ROOM 1: Oral Presentation Michael S. Gordon, Katherine Makarec, Thomas Heinzen, D. Alan Bensley Adventures in Assessment: An Analysis of an Internet-Based Assessment Implementation ROOM 2: Oral Presentation Nicholas Salter, Shaziela Ishak Teaching Writing Skills to Psychology Students ROOM 3: Oral Presentation David M. Biek Using a Class Wiki to Engage the Millennial Psychology Student: Promises and Caveats ROOM 4: STUDENT POSTER SESSION JUDGING: JUDGES AND PRESENTERS ONLY FROM 11:40-12:10 SESSION 11: STUDENT POSTER SESSION: Open to all participants 12:10PM-1:00PM ROOM 4: STUDENT POSTER SESSION Open to all conference participants from 12:10-1:00PM LUNCH 12:30-2:30PM Presentation of Student Awards (1:15PM) Feist-Levine Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Psychological Research WCPA Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Psychological Research Closing Remarks Farmingdale State College Department of Psychology Dr. Jennifer Gonder, Conference Co-Chair Dr. Marya Howell-Carter, Conference Co-Chair Dr. Eugene Indenbaum, Department Chairperson Dr. Michael Goodstone, Director, Applied Psychology Program Dr. Judith Levine Dr. Sayeedul Islam Ms. Barbara Sarringer Our deepest thanks for your help in creating a wonderful 2013 conference. We hope to see you again in 2014 for another great meeting!
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FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE

TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE


PROGRAM OF PRESENTATIONS

Friday, April 5, 2013

 

 

8:00 - 9:00 AM REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST


SESSION 1: 9:00AM-10:00AM

 

ROOM 1: Oral Presentation

Lysandra Perez-Strumolo, Nick Salter

Teaching Integrated Research Methods and Data Analysis Course: A model for enhancing student learning through Intellectual Engagement and Research Experience

 

ROOM 2:  Panel Discussion

Kasey Powers, Jill Grose-Fifer, Eduardo Vianna, Maureen O’Connor

Teaching as Research: Building Community at a Large Urban University

 

ROOM 3:  Workshop

Geoff Turner

Using Google Forms to Collect Data and Present Results for In-Class and Out-of-Class Lab Projects


ROOM 4: Oral Presentation

Charles LaJeunesse

The Ability of Cooperative Learning to Enhance Student Learning


SESSION 2: 10:10AM-11:10AM  


ROOM 1: Oral Presentation

Jeffrey D. Holmes, Geoff Turner

Cockroaches, Monsters, and Placebos: Ten Studies to Promote Student Appreciation for Research in Psychology

 

ROOM 2: Roundtable Discussion

Benjamin Wood, Jessye Cohen-Filipic Ph.D.

Dimensions of Teaching Counseling to Undergraduates

 

ROOM 3: Workshop

Debra Swoboda

Bridging the Gap between Cognitive Psychology Research and Instructional Practical: A Model for Faculty Development

                            

ROOM 4: Workshop

Summer Washington, Matthew Nolan

Flipped Out: Successful Strategies for Improving Student Engagement


SESSION 3: 11:30PM-12:30PM  


 

ROOM 1:  Workshop

Barbara Pezzanite, Christine Feeley, Marla Johnston

Using Active Learning Strategies in the Psychology Classroom

 

ROOM 2: Workshop

Jacqueline Massa, Richard Conti, Christina Luna

Learning How to Recognize Hidden Disabilities in the Classroom and Coping with the Disruptive Behavior


ROOM 3:  Oral Presentation

Heidi R.M. O’Connor, Anne E. Stuart, Sandra A. Sego

Spoiler Alert! Using Peer Role-Models to Reveal the Path to Graduation and Beyond


ROOM 4: Roundtable Discussion

Mary Hebert, Franz Vintshger

The Integration of Literacy and Psychology in Freshmen Students

 


LUNCH/KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 12:30PM – 2:00PM
Keynote Address: Victor Benassi, PhD
Applying the Science of Learning in Psychology Curricula


SESSION 4: 2:30PM-3:00PM  

ROOM 1: Oral Presentation

Dora Clark-Pine

Whatever Happened to the Storytellers? Engaging Learners Effectively Through an Underutilized Technique

 

ROOM 2: Oral Presentation

Benjamin Wood

Teaching Qualitative Research Methods to Undergraduates: Ready to Take the Plunge?


ROOM 3: Oral Presentation

Colleen Jacobson

The Psychology Department Poster Session: Providing Undergraduate Psychology Majors with an In Vivo Research Presentation Experience

 

ROOM 4: Oral Presentation

Nicholas Salter, Amanda Maynard, Christina Connor, Vivian Milczarski

Two Teaching Methods for Teaching Information Literacy to Psychology Students


SESSION 5: 3:10PM-3:40PM


ROOM 1: Oral Presentation

Jeffrey Nevid

We Write, We Learn: Incorporating Writing-to-Learn Assignments in Introductory Psychology
 

ROOM 2: Oral Presentation

Eva Goldhammer

Service Learning and Reflection Writing Used to Promote Active Learning in an Abnormal Psychology Class


ROOM 3: Oral Presentation

Patricia Oswald, Katherine Zaromatidis

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in the Psychology Major


ROOM 4: Oral Presentation

Toni-Ann Mastando, Peter DelRosario

What Instructors Should Know About Public Speaking Anxiety: Mechanisms, Treatments, and Multicultural Considerations


SESSION 6: 3:50PM-4:20PM  

 

ROOM 1: Oral Presentation

David J. Bennett

Dragging vs. Drinking: Do Intro Students Take (or Even Know to Take) Advantage of Test Incentives?


ROOM 2: Oral Presentation

Jillian Flood

Utilization of the One Minute Paper in a School Psychology Graduate Program


ROOM 3: Oral Presentation

Frederick Tesch, Donna Coelho, Ronald Drozdenko

Profiling Professors: The Good, The Bad, The Gaudy


ROOM 4: Oral Presentation

John Mitterer

The Pedagogical Alliance and the Science of Learning

 

SESSION 7: 4:30-5:00 PM  


ROOM 1: Oral Presentation

Yasmine Kalkstein

Book Club: A Small Group Experience to Engage Students


ROOM 2: Oral Presentation

Thomas Heinzen

Gamification of a Statistics Course


ROOM 3: Oral Presentation

Stephen A. Wurst

Rebus Puzzles in Psychology Courses: Fun and Versatile

 
Saturday, April 6, 2013

8:00 - 9:00 AM REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST


SESSION 8:  9:00AM-10:20AM: INVITED ADDRESS
D. Alan Bensley, PhD
Taking a Scientific Approach to Critical Thinking Instruction and Assessment

 

SESSION 9:  10:30AM-11:30PM


ROOM 1:  Oral Presentation

Emily A.A. Dow, Jeff Kukucka, Magdalena Galazyn, Kasey L. Powers, and Patricia Brooks

A Five-Slide Model for Pedagogy

 

ROOM 2: Oral Presentation

Christine Floether

The Scary Psychology of Stephen King


ROOM 3:  Workshop

Kristin Kenneavy, Lysandra Perez-Strumolo

“Is Anybody in There?” Intellectual Engagement in the Classroom: A Sample of Successful Activities for Enhancing Active Learning

 

ROOM 4: Workshop  

John M. Worrall

Teaching Observational Coding to Undergraduates Using an Online Tool

 

SESSION 10: 11:40AM-12:10PM


ROOM 1: Oral Presentation

Michael S. Gordon, Katherine Makarec, Thomas Heinzen, D. Alan Bensley

Adventures in Assessment: An Analysis of an Internet-Based Assessment Implementation

 

ROOM 2: Oral Presentation

Nicholas Salter, Shaziela Ishak

Teaching Writing Skills to Psychology Students


ROOM 3: Oral Presentation

David M. Biek

Using a Class Wiki to Engage the Millennial Psychology Student: Promises and Caveats

 

ROOM 4: STUDENT POSTER SESSION JUDGING: JUDGES AND PRESENTERS ONLY FROM 11:40-12:10

SESSION 11: STUDENT POSTER SESSION: Open to all participants

12:10PM-1:00PM

ROOM 4: STUDENT POSTER SESSION

Open to all conference participants from 12:10-1:00PM

 

 

LUNCH 12:30-2:30PM
Presentation of Student Awards (1:15PM)
Feist-Levine Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Psychological Research
WCPA Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Psychological Research
 
Closing Remarks

 

Farmingdale State College Department of Psychology

Dr. Jennifer Gonder, Conference Co-Chair

Dr. Marya Howell-Carter, Conference Co-Chair

Dr. Eugene Indenbaum, Department Chairperson                                       

Dr. Michael Goodstone, Director, Applied Psychology Program                 

Dr. Judith Levine

Dr. Sayeedul Islam

Ms. Barbara Sarringer


Our deepest thanks for your help in creating a wonderful 2013 conference.  We hope to see you again in 2014 for another great meeting!