A portion of the requirements for laboratory courses includes the completion of empirical research projects by teams of students. Every student is required to write an APA-style write-up of the project. Every project must be reviewed by the Psychology Department Human Subjects Committee and by the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects. Students are expected to follow proper "practice of appropriate professional and scientific ethics and values."

A formal assessment of progress in student writing is conducted during the semester in the Experimental Psychology class. Over the past few years, student writing skills have shown a 10 - 15% improvement over the course of the semester. Data to enable us to conduct a long-term follow up for those students (i.e., writing in an advanced class or lab) continues to be collected.

A formal assessment of progress in student writing is conducted during the semester in the Experimental Psychology class. Essentially, student writing skills show a 10% improvement over the course of the semester. This suggests that our sophomore intervention is effective, but that we need to assess whether the improvement continues over time and generalizes to other psychology writing assignments. Long-term follow up for those students (i.e., writing in an advanced class or lab) is presently being conducted.

A formal assessment of progress in student writing is conducted during the semester in the Experimental Psychology class. Essentially, student writing skills show a 10% improvement over the course of the semester. This suggests that our sophomore intervention is effective, but that we need to assess whether the improvement continues over time and generalizes to other psychology writing assignments. Long-term follow up for those students (i.e., writing in an advanced class or lab) is presently being conducted.