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and life-long learning. During the course, teacher’s teaching efficacy, teaching-monitoring ability
and teaching strategy these three teachers’ mental elements play much important roles. Therefore,
this article focuses on expert teachers’ special characteristics on such three aspects, and finally
brings forward to two effective self-training approaches to becoming an expert teacher.
3028.98 Experimental study of middle school students’ applied organization of memory and
mental dictionary for memorizing English words, Zewen Liu 1 , Yubai Niu 2 , 1 Institute of
Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; 2 Northeast Financial & Economic University,
Dalian, China
Memorizing English words is the basic of learning English. The experiment of memorizing
English words that we made on 240 students of four grades at middle schools shows that the
second-year students of junior middle school, who have a similar way of memorizing Chinese
words, have formed the stable organization of memory and mental dictionary. The memory effect
of the third-year students in junior middle school and the first-year students in senior middle
school is better. Within the limits of organization of memory and mental dictionary, the memory
effect of the first-year students in junior middle school is not good.
3028.99 Seeing the light: A classroom-sized pinhole camera demonstration for teaching vision,
Matthew Prull 1 , William Banks 2 , 1 Whitman College, USA; 2 Pomona College, USA
We describe a classroom-sized pinhole camera demonstration to enhance learning about vision.
The demonstration consists of a suspended rear-projection screen onto which images of the
outside environment are projected and are viewable by students in a darkened classroom. The
function of the lens and pupil can be demonstrated, as well as the structural basis for
nearsightedness and farsightedness. Students who received the demonstration as part of a lecture
on vision learned more than a comparable group of students who received the lecture only. These
data suggest that incorporating the demonstration into a class presentation on vision can improve
student learning.
3028.100 Self-perception of competencies development in students at a graduate school
psychology program, Silvia Macotela, Rosa del Carmen Flores, Estela Jiménez, Hilda Paredes,
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
The present paper reports how graduate students perceive their progress regarding development of
professional competencies in a school psychology in-service training program. At the end of each
semester, thirty-six students enrolled in the first two generations responded to a questionnaire
composed of eighty-four items organized in 7 categories. In both generations, a common pattern
of competency self-perception per semester was observed (High, Low, Medium and High). Results
are discussed in terms of the importance of personal reflection for students during training, as well
as the value of the information for the tutors involved in the program for decision-making.
3028.101 International psychology for teachers around the world, John M. Davis, Texas State
University, San Marcos, USA
The psychology curriculum should reflect the increasing growth of international psychology but
teachers often lack the resources to add an international perspective to their courses. The author
has developed an annotated bibliography for this purpose. This bibliography will be available on
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