Curated OER
I Think, Therefore I See
Students participate in a memory experiment to discover how the eye works. After reading an article, they analyze a new technique which examines how the brain registers sight. They develop their own memory game and conduct trials using...
Curated OER
The Meaning of Dreams
Students reflect on the meaning of dreams and how scientists study dreams. They read and discuss the article "Winding Through Big Dreams Are the Threads of Our Lives." They write personal summaries and analysis of memorable, vivid dreams.
Curated OER
Get Smart
Students discuss the definition of intelligence and the possibility of measuring intelligence. They consider the elements of intelligence by reading and discussing the article "'Jeopardy' Millionaire is Smart, but Is He a Genius?They...
Curated OER
Nervous System: Our Sense of Self
Students analyze the effects of damage to the nervous system by examining four fictitious patient cases. They discuss one case together and then individually write essays about the remaining cases
Indiana University
Indiana University: Louis L. Thurstone (1938)
This is a profile of psychometrician Louis L. Thurstone. Provides information on his education, career, major contributions to psychology, ideas and interests, and publications.
York University
Classics History of Psychology: New Methods Intellectual Level of Subnormals
Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon's work from 1905 serves as an introduction to the classic study on intelligence by Henry L. Minton, University of Windsor.
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Northern Illinois University
Challenging Students, and How to Have More of Them [Pdf]
Phi Delta Kappa shares Alfie Kohn's research-based information about how to increase student engagement. Ideas are provided for increasing student engagement during all subject areas.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Brain: The Inside Story
This exhibition documents how our brains sense, think, process emotions, and grow and change.
Other
Harvard University: Project Zero: Artful Thinking
Find engaging ways to integrate visual art and music into regular classroom instruction and strengthen cognitive thinking skills and abilities to reason creatively from multiple perspectives. Get great classroom questioning tips, case...
Other
Center for Assessment: Learning Progressions Frameworks in Ela & Literacy [Pdf]
This project has attempted to describe research-based pathways for learning that can guide lesson planning, and curriculum and assessment development K-12. Includes a working definition of learning progressions.
Other
Nova Southeastern University: Charles Spearman
Details the life and work of Charles Spearman. Sections include: Spearman and the Army, Educational and Professional Background, Contributions to the Testing Enterprise, Published Works.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Nancy Etcoff on the Surprising Science of Happiness
Cognitive researcher, Nancy Etcoff looks at our pursuit of happiness and its surprising effect on our bodies. [14:22]
Other
Harvard University: Project Zero: Visible Thinking
Learn about the key elements and practices of visible thinking, a mode of inquiry that develops students' thinking skills by encouraging them to be active processors. Includes a lot of advice about the kinds of small changes that...
Other
The Innovation Journal: Measuring Creativity
This is a paper that discusses the ways of creating a test for measuring creativity. It discusses why a test for creativity might be needed as well as concepts related to creativity such as knowledge, skills, and intelligence.
San Jose State University
San Jose State University: Categorical Fun
Six logical problems are defined to challenge students to use critical thinking skills as they tackle these brain-teasers. No answers are provided, but there are some instructions for how to approach the problems.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Why Students Think They Understand When They Don't
Students often think they understand a body of material and, believing that they know it, stop trying to learn more. But come test time, it turns out they really don't know the material very well at all. Can cognitive science tell us...
University of Hawai'i
University of Hawaii: The Social Psychology of Language Teaching
A detailed description of language teaching from a social psychologist perspective. It includes information on Ethnocentric vs. Psychocentric Views on Language Teaching.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Deb Roy: The Birth of a Word
MIT researcher, Deb Roy, shares amazing data-rich research on how children learn language which he discovered by analyzing hours of video taped conversations between his son and the adults in his home. [19:53]
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Epistemology of Perception
This site from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides a well-written, easy to understand definition of perception, as well as small mention of some of those who first introduced the concept.
PBS
Pbs: Pioneer in Intelligence Testing
This site, which is provided for by PBS, gives a brief summary of Alfred Binet's major contributions to intelligence testing.
Other
Perception Online: Homepage
This resource provides a database of abstracts and articles about perception.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cognitive Dissonance and Conflict: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the idea of cognitive dissonance and its potential role in creating and resolving conflict. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Cognitive Dissonance and Conflict."
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Epistemology
Wonderful introduction to the topic. Historical overview up to Descartes summarizes epistemological questions in ancient and classical thought. From there, lists the contemporary problems of epistemology that follow after Cartesian...