Helping students soar to success on computers: An investigation of the SOAR study method for computer-based learning.

This study used self-report and observation techniques to investigate how students study computer-based materials. In addition, it examined if a study method called SOAR can facilitate computer-based learning. SOAR is an acronym that stands for the method’s 4 theoretically driven and empirically...

Does language matter in multimedia learning? Personalization principle revisited.

This study examines one of the design principles of multimedia learning in a context dissimilar to the one in which it was originally tested. Personalization principle states that the amount of learning increases when the style of language is informal and conversational. In an attempt to uncover the...

The woman behind the visual cliff

Eleanor J. Gibson is best remembered for an iconic experiment, but her own story of flexibility in the face of gender discrimination may be an even more valuable psychology lesson. Monitor on...

Court to hear appeal over medicating Loughner

August 30, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday over a request to permanently ban prison officials from forcibly medicating the Tucson shooting rampage suspect with psychotropic drugs. PsycPORT: Psychology...

Hurricane Irene: Coping with stress after a storm

August 30, 2011 Aug. 30–Storms like Irene can rattle you. PsycPORT: Psychology...