Back Row:Elizabeth Sowden, Sarah
Greer, Sophia Hussein, Molly Daniel, Taylore Sloan
Front Row: Dr. Lauren Scharff, Jon Aston, Todd Ward, Ugochi
Onyejiaka, Jeff Oldenkamp
There are many areas where applied research is benefitting individuals in society at large. This course will emphasize such applied areas not only in lecture, but also through the research projects that we will complete. The major class research project will be a study of the readability of specifically-formatted emails, which is a question of interest to some researchers at the U.S. Navy. Toward the end of the semester each student will also write a research paper over an individually-chosen topic in applied perception (clinical or human factors related). The research project and the papers will be documented below as they are completed.
Service-learning projects are another way to apply what we know from research about perception to needs outside the classroom. The goal of a service-learning project is to enhance learning by sharing with others and actively reflecting on the process afterward. The community, or "others" involved should also benefit from this interaction. On December 4th the class interacted with seventh-graders from a local middle school (TJR). See below for more more details and a link to photos from the visit after we go.
Because all of the above will be documented on this webpage, it will be updated as the semester progresses. If you are interested, the webpages from previous classes are also available: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
Return to Perception 440 information page.
The Class:
Back Row:Elizabeth Sowden, Sarah
Greer, Sophia Hussein, Molly Daniel, Taylore Sloan
Front Row: Dr. Lauren Scharff, Jon Aston, Todd Ward, Ugochi
Onyejiaka, Jeff Oldenkamp
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On December 4th, the class visited TJR Middle School, gave presentations, and interacted with seventh-graders in Mrs. Leah Kahn's science class. The interactions involved many demonstrations to help the students understand some basic principles about perceptual processing and some of the effects of perceptual aging. Click here for some photos of our workshop interactions!