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. What two or three points do I want them to remember?
. What other points would it be nice—but not essential—for them to recall?
Students come to class with their own agendas—areas of genuine interest as well as topics they expect to be
covered in an introductory psychology class. Asking your students to submit questions periodically is one
way to assess their interests. Zanich and Grover (1989) surveyed student interest in 80 specific topics
typically included in introductory texts and lectures. Each topic was rated on a 5-point scale from very
interesting to not very interesting. According to the students, the five most interesting topics were (1) the
possible function of dreams, (2) why people are attracted to each other, (3) hypnosis, (4) how to improve
your memory, and (5) sexual motivation and variations in sexual behavior. In general, students had the
least interest in natural science aspects of psychology. The five least interesting topics were (76) how the
auditory system works, (77) learning and nonsense syllables, (78) historical roots of modem psychology,
(79) theories of color vision, and (80) the endocrine system. However, it must be noted that for all students,
psychology majors and non-majors, mean topic ratings reflected slightly greater than average interest for all
topics, with psychology majors giving slightly higher interest ratings than non-psychology majors.
BASIC MECHANICS OF LECTURES
The quality of instruction overrides content in determining student reactions to spec
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