An empirical case for introductory psychology tutorials in a large-class format Chan, Amy Y. C., Brewer, Chris and Browne, Jessica L. 2012, An empirical case for introductory psychology tutorials in a large-class format. In McCarthy, Sherri, Dickson, K. Laurie, Cranney, Jacquelyn, Trapp, Annie and Karandashev, Victor (ed), Teaching psychology around the world, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, pp.151-163. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title An empirical case for introductory psychology tutorials in a large-class format Author(s) Chan, Amy Y. C. Brewer, Chris Browne, Jessica L. orcid.org/0000-0001-7294-8114 Title of book Teaching psychology around the world Editor(s) McCarthy, Sherri Dickson, K. Laurie Cranney, Jacquelyn Trapp, Annie Karandashev, Victor Publication date 2012 Series Teaching psychology around the world; v.3 Chapter number 11 Total chapters 19 Start page 151 End page 163 Total pages 13 Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing Place of Publication Newcastle upon Tyne, England Keyword(s) case empirical tutorials large psychology class format introductory Summary This study examined the effectiveness of an instructional format that Involved conducting introductory psychology tutorials in large conventional lecture theatres with over 100 students per class. We maximised the use of skilled tutors, sharing of student perspectives, and cooperative learning in delivering interactive, active learning activities, Students (N = 284) within each class were randomly assigned to smaller groups that were scaled within the same large class environment. Students reported positive perceptions of their learning experience at an end-of-semester survey. Moreover, they performed significantly better in a major assessment on the tutorial component than a previous cohort taught in conventional small tutorial classes. Our finding indicate that active learning techniques can be implemented just as effectively in a large class tutorial format. These findings have practical implications for designing cost effective yet pedagogically vigorous instructional formats for introductory psychology and other liberal arts courses. ISBN 1443834483 9781443834483 Language eng Field of Research 130103 Higher Education 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl Economics, Business and Management) Socio Economic Objective 930201 Pedagogy HERDC Research category BN.1 Other book chapter, or book chapter not attributed to Deakin Copyright notice ©2012, Cambridge Scholars Publishing Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30051846 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 09 Apr 2013, 15:18:40 EST Wed, 10 Apr 2013, 10:38:22 EST Wed, 10 Apr 2013, 10:41:49 EST Wed, 05 Jun 2013, 13:28:05 EST Wed, 05 Jun 2013, 13:29:48 EST Fri, 23 Aug 2013, 10:06:48 EST Fri, 01 Aug 2014, 11:07:50 EST Fri, 01 Aug 2014, 11:09:02 EST Fri, 01 Aug 2014, 13:19:05 EST Tue, 05 Aug 2014, 10:04:08 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 20:25:01 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 119 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 09 Apr 2013, 15:18:24 EST by Jane Moschetti