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Back to Square One: Using Crossword Puzzles to Teach Cognition Principles
Steve Jones

Brief Description:
Crossword puzzles are a fun way to get students to apply terms from intro psychology, especially in cognition. I'll show you how I've used them successfully by breaking down the process: solving mini-sized puzzles, creating clues of varying difficulties, and having students fill in sections of larger puzzles. It's a very satisfying way to have students experience the concepts they read about, from mental set to heuristics to divergent thinking to A-HA insight!
Speaker Bio:
Steve Jones has taught social studies for more than twenty years in Durham Public Schools, including fifteen years teaching intro psychology or AP Psychology. He’s a former chair of the national committee of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS), a division of the APA’s Educational Directorate. In 2016 he received the APA TOPSS Charles T. Blair-Broeker Excellence in Teaching Award for high school psychology. He has been certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards in Adolescence and Young Adulthood/Social Studies-History. He’s also a co-founder of the blog Teaching High School Psychology. Steve lives in Durham with his wife and two children, and loves baseball, crossword puzzles, and cold IPAs.
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