Planning the practicals
I think we are all already experiencing shifts from our original plans to adapt to the reality on the ground. This is why it is so difficult to plan out the whole course before we start teaching it....
Getting off to a good start
This blog explores how to engage your students right from the very beginning of the course. The new psychology course may seem challenging for us, as well as for our students, so there will be suggestions...
FAQs: Class practicals and research methods
The last FAQs dealt with questions about Paper 1 and Paper 3, and we looked at IA planning. This time, I have been receiving several questions on research methods and organising class practicals. Some...
Internet misinformation
The topic of internet misinformation offers rich opportunities for student discussion, particularly around key concepts and research methods. Evaluating the validity and reliability of sources is an important...
How to unsee the old curriculum
If you are like most teachers, you will have one class that will be continuing with what is soon to be the “old” curriculum, and another class that will be starting the new curriculum. It would be very...
Concepts and research methods
How can students integrate conceptual understanding with research methods? This is just like the critical thinking that you may be more used to, but it helps to make the links more explicit to students....
Introducing research methods
While only HL students will sit the Paper 3 exam on data interpretation and analysis, all students need to be able to recognize, describe, and evaluate research methods across the four contexts. A suggestion...
Motivation - HL extension
Motivation is the incentive for human behaviour, and operates in us at a conscious or unconscious level. It is what gets us up in the morning and energises us throughout the day. It is one of the three...
FAQs - exams and the IA
Most frequently asked questions over the past month have concerned the formulation of exam questions or the required elements of the IA research proposal. There are InThinking teacher pages regarding...
Practical examples for responses
A concern of some teachers is how to guide their students to use practical examples, rather than studies, to answer questions. While the previous psychology course required extensive memorization of research...