PSY 205: Educational Psychology Schedule

Course Schedule

DATES	TOPICS	READINGS	ASSIGNMENTS

Sept 14	Introduction	information you should know
Sept 16	Research Methods/Human Development	Ch. 1	NY Times Learning Network The Educator's Reference Desk Correlation or Causation?
Sept 18	Human Development	Ch. 2	Piaget / in his own words conservation tasks conservation task (length) classification task Birds on a truck still egocentric less egocentric at 1?

Sept 21	Human Development	Ch. 3	Vygotsky / more / more / in his own words Social construction of meaning How to ruin children's play Algebra as play / 8th graders can't handle algebra
Sept 23	Behavioral Approaches to Learning	p. 126-146	Positive reinforcement examples Negative Reinforcement University / Walden College Good and bad discipline
Sept 25	Behavioral Approaches to Learning		"What Shamu taught me..." The grocery store Why waste a tantrum? "Can students be paid to excel?"

Sept 28	Modeling	pp. 146-153
Sept 30	Modeling	p. 273-275	quote self-efficacy resources ; more links developing academic self-efficacy self-efficacy example reciprocal teaching
Oct 2	Cognitive Approaches to Learning		Doing What Works The importance of active recall / more Gestures and learning / more Five minute university

Oct 5	Cognitive Approaches to Learning	pp. 157-172, 177-193	Learning Approaches Database periodic table of visualization methods
Oct 7	Cognitive Approaches to Learning	pp. 172-177	Organizing instruction and study to improve student learning 25 learning principles Will that be on the test Fascinating presentation tool
Oct 9	EXAM 1

Oct 12	Constructivist Approaches to Learning	Ch. 8	A Private Universe Lessons from thin air What's happening in the classrooms
Oct 14	Constructivist Approaches to Learning	pp. 216-226	21st century skills
Oct 16	Constructivist Approaches to Learning		problem-based learning PBL Network (at IMSA)

Oct 19	Student Diversity	Ch.4	"A Class Divided" "Names, expectations..." Response to Intervention Learning in one's own language The math gender gap
Oct 21	Accommodating Individual Needs	Ch. 9 Critique of multiple intelligences	"Intelligence across cultures" video Critique of learning styles (in reading instruction) Review of learning styles models odor-based curriculum
Oct 23	Motivation	pp. 295-305	Self-determination theory Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation What gamers like Reading beyond elementary school

Oct 26	Motivation	pp. 305-323	Lesson Plan Analysis 1 Due
Oct 28	Motivation	Why people fail to recognize their own incompetence	"Achievement goals as..." Stereotype Threat process vs. product: Chouinard Deeper reading How to read a textbook cheating and classroom goals metacognitive control
Oct 30	EXAM 2

Nov 2	Student Assessment	pp. 473-477
Nov 4	Student Assessment	pp. 405-421	Bloom's Taxonomy Bloom's revised taxonomy
Nov 6	Authentic Assessment	What is Authentic Assessment? Why Do It?	Seven practices Asking good questions

Nov 9	Authentic Assessment	pp. 435-441	Beh. Mod. Project Due Standards-based education Standards workshop Standards-based grading Good Standards?
Nov 11	Authentic Assessment	How Do You Do It? Standards Tasks	Illinois Learning Standards Rubrics "How classroom assessments improve learning"
Nov 13	Authentic Assessment

Nov 16	Standardized Tests	pp. 442-451 "Why standardized tests don't measure educational quality"	teaching-testing mismatch
Nov 18	Traditional Assessment	pp. 455-472 Constructing good tests
Nov 20	Traditional Assessment	pp. 421-435	Lesson Plan Analysis 2 due / Rewrite due "Instructional quality: Collecting credible evidence"

Nov 23	EXAM 3	10:00-12:00