Using Replication Studies as Student Assessment in Psychology Education
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AuthorWill Gervais
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This article describes an innovative educational approach where student assessment involves conducting a replication study of a highly-cited psychology paper (with ~1900 citations from a top journal). Students first analyze the original paper using a THAMES framework, make predictions about replication outcomes, then participate in an online survey replication study with a much larger sample size. The data is posted online for students to analyze using skills taught in the course. The article discusses the pedagogical value of using replication as a form of assessment in psychology education.
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· 3 pulledYou've been asked to do some THAMESing on your own.
Specifically you've been asked to THAMES a prominent paper, cited almost 2000 times by now, published in a top journal.
Replication uses sample much larger than the original, with data posted online for students to analyse.
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