ESPLAT 2025 conference: Scientific thinking in challenging times

Understanding factors influencing students’ success in statistics is crucial, as many psychology students struggle with the subject, affecting their academic confidence and career readiness. This study examines profiles of undergraduate psychology students learning statistics, focusing on attitudes, IT self-efficacy, and statistical performance. A sample of 175 first-year students completed...

Introduction. The mental well-being of young people is deteriorating. They struggle with questions such as “Who am I?”, “What am I capable of?”, and “What do I want?”. Our new course, Street Psychology (based on the successful, international educational program “Street Law”), could provide a solution. In this course for the Bachelor of Psychology program at VU Amsterdam (The...

This symposium presents the development, international comparisons, and implementation of the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) Model. The first presentation (Cranney, de Souza) introduces the Model, developed through the International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes project. Created through extensive collaboration among 120 psychology educators...

Introduction: While there has been increasing attention to methodological rigour in disciplinary research in psychology, it is important that this same focus is extended to pedagogical research. Specifically, the clarity of constructs in pedagogical research should be continually assessed. One such construct that is increasingly studied in psychology pedagogy is imposter syndrome (or imposter...

Introduction: Across disciplines such as psychology, medicine, and biology, the reproducibility of research findings is a recurring reported challenge. Commonly cited causes include study falsification, questionable research practices, insufficient statistical power, and a lack of statistical literacy. However, a potentially even more significant issue is the scientific tendency to...

Recent recommendations for the teaching of undergraduate statistics in any field emphasize the need for students to become critical consumers of results presented in the media while also developing proficiency in the collection, presentation, analysis, and communication of data (GAISE, 2016). Additionally, instructors should provide undergraduates the opportunity to grapple with the difference...

This study investigates the relationship between body, movement, and intentionality in group piano teaching, aiming to understand how these elements contribute to the musical learning process and psychic development. Based on Cultural-Historical Psychology, the study analyzes a group piano teaching episode, highlighting the appropriation of music as a system of signs and how social...

Introduction: Statistics anxiety negatively effects performance and may deter students from enrolling in statistics courses. Academic self-efficacy is a student’s perception of their ability to engage and complete academic tasks, which contributes to performance and metacognition. The objectives of this study were to: 1) investigate the impact of an undergraduate statistics course on...