Allen, Peter J., Abraham, Emily, Bleach, Agnes, Hill, Rory, Mahmud, Sana, Wild, Jordan, and Krause, Amanda E. (2026) "Anyone Could Do This!" Multiverse as an Undergraduate Psychology Capstone Project. Teaching of Psychology. (In Press)

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Abstract

Background: Heyman and Vanpaemel proposed “many-multiverses-one-dataset” as a pedagogically sound alternative to traditional undergraduate capstone projects. However, they did not evaluate this model. In our context, capstone projects require a higher level of individualization. Furthermore, project students value choice, autonomy, and ownership. Consequently, we have iteratively developed a variation of Heyman and Vanpaemel’s model in which students choose their own effect/dataset for an individual multiverse capstone project. Objective: To evaluate student-led individual multiverse capstone projects. Method: One cohort of five project students qualitatively reflected on designing, running, and reporting an individual multiverse project in a small group supervision context. We thematically analyzed these reflections. Findings: Two themes captured (a) the factors promoting project success (intrapersonal, interpersonal, and contextual) and (b) the outcomes of a multiverse capstone project (the range of skills developed and multiverse’s potential contributions to psychology). Conclusion: Individual multiverse projects are a meaningful alternative to traditional capstone projects, which do not require the collection of primary data and address many key undergraduate research methods learning outcomes. Teaching Implications: We propose an evidence-based recipe for successful individual multiverse projects. In a post-COVID world, all project supervisors should have possibilities like this up their sleeves.

Item ID:	91990
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1532-8023
Keywords:	Multiverse, dissertation project supervision, open science, statistics education, scholarship of learning and teaching, scholarship of teaching and learning, SoTL, SoLT, tertiary psychology eduction, scholarship of supervision
Copyright Information:	CC BY.
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2026 02:03
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520102 Educational psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1601 Learner and learning > 160102 Higher education @ 50% 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology @ 50%
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