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growing concern among educators, employers and consumers that students are coming through college without gaining the knowledge, skills, values or citizenship they need to succeed in the workplace, says David Paris, executive director of the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability. “Anybody ... can use this document as a checklist to determine whether the institution is doing what will help them focus on teaching and learning and decide whether students are learning what needs to be learned,” says Paris. “We need to reorient the profession to elevate teaching and learning, and there is a growing knowledge about what works and how to measure results.” In fact, much of that knowledge comes from educational psychology and is already spelled out in APA’s own Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major and the Principles of Quality Undergraduate Education, says Paris. “Much of this reinforces what APA is already doing,” he adds. n Read a copy of the guidelines at www.newleadershipalliance.org/ committing_to_quality. M a rc h 2 0 1 2 • M o n i to r o n p s yc h o l o g y “Anybody ... can use this document as a checklist to determine whether the institution is doing what will help them focus on teaching and learning and decide whether students are learning what needs to be learned.” DaviD Paris New alliance for Student learning and accountability 23 Comstock http://www.newleadershipalliance.org/committing_to_quality http://www.newleadershipalliance.org/committing_to_quality

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - March 2012

Monitor on Psychology - March 2012
Letters
President’s column
Contents
From the CEO
Supreme Court rejects eyewitness protections
New member benefit: prevention screenings
A psychodynamic treatment for PTSD shows promise for soldiers
Was ‘Little Albert’ ill during the famed conditioning study?
New research identifies ways to improve eyewitness identifications
In Brief
‘Our health at risk’
Perspective on Practice
APA endorses higher education guidelines
TIME CAPSULE
QUESTIONNAIRE
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Help for struggling veterans
Driving out cancer disparities
In the Public Interest
SCIENCE WATCH
Practice, virtually
The legal and ethical issues of virtual therapy
Psychologist PROFILE
EARLY CAREER PSYCHOLOGY
Bringing life into focus
Pay attention to me
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
Division Spotlight
Personalities

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