Review season is upon us. With preparations for upcoming AP exams, finals, and other year-end assessments principals in cognitive science can help students study more efficiently and effectively. This post will explain some of these techniques and contrast them with less effective and more...
This year’s AP Psychology Exam will be the first exam with the new curriculum which focuses intensely on research. Some may wonder about this focus and why students need to know so much about research in both the multiple-choice and free-responses. This post will exam address research in both...
The world of AP Psychology is going through a curricular change. While this has been a works in progress for a number of years, not that the changes are here let’s discuss five upcoming changes to the course that will be reflected in the 2025 AP Psychology exam.
The start of a new year always a wonderful opportunity to introduce students to effective, research-backed methods for studying more effectively. Students often have the best intentions in mind when sitting down to prepare for an exam or to take in new information, but they often make mistakes in...
As the AP® exam draws near, students often become increasingly anxious. Review games and activities can target areas students need to review while also adding a bit of levity and fun to review days.
The free-response section in the AP Psychology exam contains two seven-point questions that are weighted to account for a third of the overall exam score. One of the questions (or part of one) addresses research methodology and often asks students to distinguish between a correlational study and an...
AP® Psychology is just as much a class with an abundance of new vocabulary as it is an introduction into the field of psychology. Students often confuse terms because their meanings overlap or they are similar to one another. These terms are often seen on the free-response portion of the exam to...
For part two of our AP® Psych summer book reviews, we check out two books that are great additions to any AP® Psychology classroom.
The art of teaching can be enhanced by storytelling and great storytelling begins with great stories. Psychology has many of these as it is the study of human and animal behavior and cognition. Stories can bring a subject or topic alive for students and the goal of the books described below is to...
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