Participant Idea Exchange (PIE)
National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP)
January 4th, 2019 in St. Pete Beach, Florida
Psychology Best Sellers: How to Sell Students on Writing in Psychology
PIE Facilitator - Nestor Matthews
Department of Psychology, Denison University
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Some Psychology Best Sellers
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (Montgomery, 2015)The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs are Smarter than You Think (Hare & Woods, 2013)
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (Harris, 2010)
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Pinker, 2018)
Some Books On Writing
They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Graff & Birkenstein, 2018)How to Not Write Bad (Yagoda, 2013)
It was the Best of Sentences, it was the Worst of Sentences (Cassagrande, 2010)
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Pinker, 2014
Motivation: Why Develop Writing Skills?
APA Lists Writing as an Important Career Skill
American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) Writing Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major (See p. 30)
Writing Rubrics & Supporting Materials
Feedback-on-Writing-Style Form
Writing Tips (Elaborates on Some Items Shown in "Feedback-on-Writing" Form)
Rubric for Letter Grades on Writing Assignments
On the Use of Edited Standard Written English ESWE
Writing Tutorial & Examples
The Science of Scientific Writing, Gopen, G.E. & Swan, J.A. (1990). American Scientist, 78, 550-558.
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, by Richard Dawkins
Life Ascending, by Nick Lane (Examplifies Excellent Science Writing)
Writing Fundamentals
Capital Community College - Guide to Grammar & Writing
Tips for Clarity and Conciseness
Writing Studio / Duke University - Clarity and Conciseness
Online Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue University - Conciseness
Capital Community College - Writing Concise Sentences
St. Louis Community College - Replacing To-Be Verbs
Resources for MultiLingual Students
Tips for Scaffolding Multilingual Student Participation, Reading & Writing
Dr. Lori A Randall's Chart of Common Error Types and Tips for Responding to Them
Additional Writing Resources
The Writing Center, UNC Chapel Hill - Summary vs Analysis
The Writing Center, UNC Chapel Hill - Argument
The Writing Center, UNC Chapel Hill - Brainstorming
The Writing Center, UNC Chapel Hill - Thesis
The Writing Center, UNC Chapel Hill - Paragraphs
The Writing Center, UNC Chapel Hill - Reading to Write
Center for Writing & Speaking, Agnes Scott College - Summary vs Analysis
Sample Writing Assignments: Introduction to Psychology
INTRO PSYC Writing Assignment Example #1
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Sample Writing Assignments: The Psychology of Music
Psychology of Music Writing Assignment Example #1
Psychology of Music Writing Assignment Example #2
Sample Writing Assignments: Comparative Psychology
Comparative Psychology Writing Assignment Example #1
Comparative Psychology Writing Assignment Example #2
Sample Writing Assignments: Sensation & Perception (Emphasis on Disability: Blindness & Deafness)
Sensation & Perception Writing Assignment Example #1
Sensation & Perception Writing Assignment Example #2
Sensation & Perception Writing Assignment Example #3
Sample Writing Assignments: Advanced Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Advanced Statistics Writing Assignment Example #1
Advanced Statistics Writing Assignment Example #2
Advanced Statistics Writing Assignment Example #3
Sample Writing Assignments: Advanced Neuroscience
Advanced Neuroscience Writing Assignment Example #1
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