March 2006 | gradPSYCH
Vol. 4 No. 2
On the Cover: Tools for teaching
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Lights, camera, action
Movies, music and other media can enliven your classroom.
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What to expect in class discussions
How to handle troublesome students who talk too much, are shy, argue and debate, or are completely uninterested
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What's in a grade?
Set your grading criteria and stick to them, say experienced instructors.
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Conversation starters
How you can get students to participate in classroom discussions that stimulate critical thinking.
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Students teaching
Graduate students are gearing up to teach through preparatory programs and by honing their skills at community colleges and local universities.
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Learning to teach, teaching to learn
Want to be an effective teacher? Find creative ways to engage students–and yourself–in the material.
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Tapping teamwork
Experts offer advice on using group work to activate student learning.
CAREER CENTER
Learn the basics of starting your own practice.
CLASS ACT
A love of music, combined with the tools of experimental psychology, drives a graduate-student's research.
DEGREE IN SIGHT
More education and training programs are giving graduate students the skills they need to promote psychology's mission.
The process may seem daunting, but publishing your dissertation is doable if you follow some simple steps.
Students can help when peers are in trouble.
Getting to know all the library can offer can save you time—and boost your research know-how.
Students weigh in on their decision to take up psychology as a second career.
MONEY MATTERS
Programs relieve researchers and clinicians from burdensome student debt.
The Latest
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New books offer advice for students
Three new APA books aim to guide students through graduate school and early-career hurdles, from dissertations to certification
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Prepare now for your job hunt
In order to get ready for job hunting, students should talk to their advisor, network, consider priorities, and look at all possible job sources
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SSC honors promising early research
APA's Science Student Council (SSC) has presented two psychology graduate students with its second annual Early Research Awards-one each in applied and basic psychological research