TEACHING-RELATED
PUBLICATIONS
Barbara
Sommer, Ph.D. basommer@ucdavis.edu
BOOKS
Sommer, R. & Sommer, B. (2001). A Practical Guide to Behavioral Research (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. First edition published in 1980.
Sommer, B. & Sommer, R. (2001). La Investigación del Comportamiento. Una guía práctica con técnicas y herramientas (4th ed. translation). Mexico City: Oxford University Press.
Sommer, B. & Sommer, R. (2009). The dreaded essay exam. Teaching of Psychology, 36, 197-199. PDF download.
Sommer, B. & Sommer, R. (2007). Credit for Comments, Comments for Credit. Teaching of Psychology, 34(2), 104-106. PDF download
Sommer, B. & Sommer, R. (2006, May). The Lecture Club. Tomorrow's Professor(SM) Mailing List [On-line] http://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/archives/2006/05/725_the_lecture.html
Kam, Cindy D. & Sommer, B. (2006, January) Real-time Technology in a Public Opinion Course. PS: Political Science and Politics [On-line] PDF Download
Maher M. W., Sommer, B., Acredolo, C., & Matthews, H. R. (2005). What are the relevant costs of online education? In J. E. Groccia & J. E. Miller (Eds.) On Becoming a Productive University: Strategies for Reducing Costs and Increasing Quality in Higher Education. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company.
Utts, J., Sommer, B., Acredolo, C., Maher, M. M., & Matthews, H. R. (2004). A study comparing traditional and hybrid internet-based instruction in introductory statistics classes. Journal of Statistics Education, [On-line] http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v11n3/utts.html
Sommer, B. & Sommer, R. (2003). A virtual lab in research methods. Teaching of Psychology, 30(2), 171-173. PDF download
Sommer, B. & Anderson, W (1997, November). Computer-based lectures using PowerPoint. Technology Source [On-line] http://technologysource.org/article/computerbased_lectures_using_powerpoint/