{"id":5815,"date":"2017-08-01T04:37:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibpsych.themantic-education.com\/?p=5815"},"modified":"2017-08-01T04:37:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:37:36","slug":"lesson-idea-understanding-ivs-and-dvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/08\/01\/lesson-idea-understanding-ivs-and-dvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson Idea: Understanding IVs and DVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>This lesson accompanies section 1.2(a) in\u00a0<em>IB Psychology: A Student&#8217;s Guide.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">As a class, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N9gsGukPHh0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch this clip from the\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N9gsGukPHh0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BC documentary \u201cHuman Instincts\u201d <\/a>to show the replication of the MHC gene study. After this, I like to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/08\/23\/introduction-to-psychology-powerpoint-chapter-1\/\">introduction slideshow<\/a> to explain the definitions of an IV and a DV and how they were shown in this particular study (i.e. the IV is the type of MHC genes and the DV is how pleasant the smell was rated).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><strong>NB:\u00a0<\/strong>As the other studies in this lesson idea come from the criminology chapter, it would be better to use a study to hook students in that shows variables related to crime and\/or violence in some way. If anyone finds an interesting and basic study with a good video that would make for a better hook, please mention it in the comments. I&#8217;d be forever grateful \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Activity<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Provide pairs of students with a list of very simplified summaries of experiments and have students identify the IVs and the DVs in each study. I like to use studies from the criminology unit, as this is the first unit in our course after the introduction. You can see the studies I use in the list below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5874\" style=\"width: 1546px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5874\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5874\" src=\"https:\/\/101psychcom.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/list-of-studies2.png?resize=786%2C749\" alt=\"List of Studies\" width=\"786\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/list-of-studies2.png?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/list-of-studies2.png?resize=300%2C286&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/list-of-studies2.png?resize=768%2C732&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/list-of-studies2.png?resize=1024%2C975&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the summary of studies that I use for this activity.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can download an extract from the first basic draft of my student workbook <a title=\"Extract from workbook for introduction topic 2\" href=\"https:\/\/101psychcom.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/extract-from-workbook-for-introduction-topic-2.docx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Check-in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like to check student&#8217;s work to make sure they&#8217;re on the right track, and they \u00a0can also answer the lesson&#8217;s guiding question in their workbook, using the textbook to help them if they need it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Extend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An extension task for fast finishers could be to state the aim of each experiment, being sure to include the IVs and DVs in the aim.<\/p>\n<p>Another extension task could be to watch this video by the amazing guys at CrashCourse:<\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hFV71QPvX2I]\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the next lesson in the textbook we explore further how drawing conclusions from experiments revolves around the idea of understanding relationships between IVs and DVs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Every year when I start the course with a simple bit of formative assessment to see what students understand about IVs and DVs, I&#8217;m amazed (and shocked) at how many are unfamiliar with these basic concepts. It might just be, however, that they&#8217;ve had a summer to forget and\/or they can&#8217;t quite connect the dots from science class to psychology class. Regardless, early in the course I think it&#8217;s imperative for students to understand the difference between an IV and a DV. The following activity is simple, yet effective.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got any ideas on how this lesson could be improved, or other ways of teaching IVs and DVs, I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This lesson accompanies section 1.2(a) in\u00a0IB Psychology: A Student&#8217;s Guide.\u00a0 &nbsp; Hook\u00a0 As a class, watch this clip from the\u00a0BC documentary \u201cHuman Instincts\u201d to show the replication of the MHC gene study. 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