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Bridging the Gap Between Students’ Lived Experiences and Understanding of Psychological Research
Grant program: Teaching and Learning Development Grant (TLDG)
Grant recipient: Yuthika Girme, Department of Psychology
Project team: Jose Mari del Casal and Morgan Corkum, research assistants
Timeframe: July 2017 to December 2020
Funding: $5900
Course addressed: PSYC 362 鈥� Close Relationships
Final report: View Yuthika Girme's final report (PDF)
Description: Students enrolled in upcoming PSYC 362 Close Relationships courses will be invited to take part in a series of surveys (a baseline survey, a daily diary about their social relationship experiences every day for 2 weeks, and a follow-up survey at the end of the course). Collated and anonymized class data from the baseline and daily diary surveys will be provided to students, and they will choose variables they are interested in to write up an assignment. Thus, this project is a novel and interactive teaching tool that will allow students to apply psychological theories to results provided by students鈥� own daily experiences.
Questions addressed:
- Do students perceive that research about their own lived experiences enhances their understanding about psychological theories learnt in the course?
- Does students鈥� understanding of psychological theories improve in course sessions in which they research their own lived experiences?
- Does students鈥� participation in research about their own lived experiences help students better understand how psychological research is conducted?
- Does students鈥� participation in research about their own lived experiences boost students鈥� broader wellbeing across the semester?
- How does the automated version of the data collection and analysis compare to the non-automated version?
Knowledge sharing: I have shared this teaching method informally with colleagues from 51社区黑料and outside of SFU. I have also shared this teaching method informally on the Relationship Research and Interests Group (RRIG) which has resulted in a few colleagues reaching out for more resources on how to structure this class project in their classes.
I plan on submitting a template of this assignment to the International Association of Relationship Research (IARR) who look for have resources available on their website to other scholars in our area interested in applying novel teaching and assessment techniques to their own courses.
Keywords: research project; research methods; daily diary study