Preregistration in Teaching & Learning

TEACHING MATERIALS

• A general introductory presentation from the Center for Open Science.
• A workshop at LMU by Schönbrodt, Scheel, & Stachl.

OPPORTUNITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTEGRATING PREREGISTRATION IN TEACHING

Teaching about and early exposure to preregistration are essential elements in the BA statistics/methods curriculum. Preregistsration as a method is currently covered in, e.g.,  "Einführung Forschungsmethoden (VL)", "Statistik II (VL)", "Sozialpsychologie I (VL)", "Forschungsorientiertes Praktikum (S)"

OPPORTUNITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTEGRATING PREREGISTRATION IN STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS & THESES

Making internal or public preregistration is already the default for experimental psychology training (e.g., "Forschungsorientiertes Praktikum"). That is, prepraring pre-registrations are an essential part of the course achievements. Additional opportunities for lateral teaching exist by asking students to peer review each others' prereg drafts in the process.

Making internal or public preregistration the default for BA/MA theses constitutes an additional opportunity. Next to the advantages for students (e.g., clear, efficient roadmap for the analysis and write-up phase of the project), a preregistration serves as the perfect memo for the student and mentor during the project and provides structure during the process (e.g., preregistration as the milestone that marks transitioning from planning/design stage to data collection stage; preregistration as a template for discussing results). It is highly recommended that mentors and students actively discuss the opportunity for including a preregistration as part of the BA/MA thesis.