:: 2012 AP* Summer Institutes at UT Austin

AP Psychology
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This Institute is designed for a combined group of new and veteran AP Psychology teachers. We will review the updates in the College Board curriculum, AP Audit, various syllabi for one and two semester courses, pacing, textbook options, materials, and other important resources to help in the AP classroom. Emphasis will be on nuts-and-bolts best-practices with plenty of time for questions and answers. We will cover some content areas that are typically more difficult for students including Neurophysiology and the Biochemistry of Behavior, Research Methods and Statistics, and Sensation and Perception, plus other content areas determined by the group. Classroom activities will be demonstrated, including draw-and-color activities and building brains from Play-doh. Additionally, the AP Exam will be reviewed and “best practice” ideas for exam success will be shared. A professor of psychology from the local university will be invited as guest speaker during the week. Come ready to learn and to leave energized and excited to be teaching AP Psychology!

Participants should bring the following:

  • Plenty of materials for note-taking
    • A yellow highlighter
    • 3x3 Post-It notes
    • 6-8 sharpened colored pencils
  • A favorite psychology lesson to share, if you have one
    • Handouts/instructions for 25 people

Come ready to eliminate any fears about teaching this wonderful course.

Lead Consultant: Katherine Minter

Katherine Minter is the immediate past National Chair of the American Psychological Association’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS). With over 25 years teaching experience at both the high school and college level, Katherine is experienced with AP, IB, and Regular Psychology curriculums. As a College Board Consultant traveling nationally for over 18 years, and as an AP Reader of psychology exams for many years, Katherine offers innovative, engaging ways to cover the content of a typical college introductory course. Recipient of the College Board’s Excellence in Teaching Award for 1996, Katherine was “Teacher of the Year” at Westwood High School for 2000-2001, and was selected “National Teacher of the Year” for APA’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools for 2009. In 2007 Katherine wrote an AP Psychology Instructor’s Manual to accompany a McGraw-Hill college textbook, and recently she was co-author of a psychology textbook published by Pearson/Prentice-Hall in the Spring, 2011.




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