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Students develop critical thinking skills by connecting each textbook reading to prior knowledge and posing questions about the material in a discussion board.
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This visualization helps students understand the lexical hypothesis and factor analysis as we introduce the Big 5 personality traits!
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Think-pair-share activity for students to apply their knowledge of psychodynamic defense mechanisms.
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"I've really liked how engaged I have felt over the past 2 weeks. It [is] really nice to have a professor that is encouraging and gives really good energy." (mid-semester feedback)
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"The way Prof. Shaina structured our learning was really helpful. She made the class very interactive and broke down info well."
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"I also liked that the quiz grades were not final and that we could go back and make revisions. I feel like it helped me understand the course content more clearly to go back and see what I didn't understand the first time and be able to fix it."
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"Shaina very apparently cared about our success and made herself available and approachable if we had any questions or concerns"
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"I think the most effective element in this class that furthered my learning was the NOBA chapters and reading reflections. I enjoyed doing them, even though I don't normally enjoy reading textbooks."