Design and application of an activity to integrate knowledge and self-assessment of methodological skills

As part of the adaptation of the «Psychological research methods, design and techniques» subject to the European Higher Education Area, an activity to promote integra tion in the process of acquiring methodological skills and their self-assessment was proposed. A «Significant Learning Activity based on Centres of Interest» was designed based on a subject well-known to the student. One of the centres of interest used was «the lack of discipline among students in the classroom» which in this context, is a teaching resource instead of a problem. The results show the suitability of the activity for the introduction of the subject and facilitating self-assessment. They also show a positive relationship between the level of completion of the activity and marks in the examination. They also provide evidence of the activity’s «sustainability,» in the sense of its feasibility in large groups and the fact that it involves only a slight increase in the workload of the teaching monitor and teacher. General area of interest of this innovativion Changes to methodology and approach to curriculum. New teaching methodologies inspired by centres of interest. The proposed activity is of special interest for subjects with a methodological basis with a high number of students, regardless of the qualification. 1. Objectives As part of the requirements for adaptation to the European Higher Education Area, the purpose of this project was to promote the acquisition and assessment of transINNOVATIVE TEACHING EXPERIENCES AT THE UAB IN EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND IN HEALTH SCIENCES 213 1d espai angles.qxd:titulacions-copia 21/07/09 10:07 Página 213