PSY 205: Educational Psychology Schedule

Course Schedule

DATES	TOPICS	READINGS	ASSIGNMENTS

Mar 24	Introduction	information you should know
Mar 26	Research Methods/Human Development	Ch. 1	NY Times Learning Network The Educator's Reference Desk Research briefs Correlation or Causation?
Mar 28	Human Development	Ch. 2	Piaget / in his own words conservation tasks conservation task (length) classification task Vygotsky / more / in his own words Social construction of meaning Birds on a truck

Mar 31	Human Development	Ch. 3
Apr 2	Behavioral Approaches to Learning	pp. 133-154	The behavioral approach Positive reinforcement examples Negative Reinforcement University / Walden College
Apr 4	Behavioral Approaches to Learning		"What Shamu taught me..." The grocery store Why waste a tantrum? "Can students be paid to excel?"

Apr 7	Modeling	pp. 154-162
Apr 9	Modeling	p. 289-292	quote self-efficacy resources ; more links developing academic self-efficacy tutoring reciprocal teaching
Apr 11	Cognitive Approaches to Learning		teaching for understanding

Apr 14	Cognitive Approaches to Learning	pp. 165-181	Learning Approaches Database periodic table of visualization methods
Apr 16	Cognitive Approaches to Learning	pp. 181-204
Apr 18	EXAM 1

Apr 21	Constructivist Approaches to Learning	Ch. 8	A Private Universe
Apr 23	Constructivist Approaches to Learning	pp. 227-238
Apr 25	Constructivist Approaches to Learning

Apr 28	Student Diversity	Ch.4	"A Class Divided" "Names, expectations..." PBL in the classroom Center for PBL (at IMSA)
Apr 30	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
May 2	Motivation	pp. 315-326	Lesson Plan Analysis 1 Due Self-determination theory Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

May 5	Motivation	pp. 326-346
May 7	Motivation	Why people fail to recognize their own incompetence	"Achievement goals as..." Stereotype Threat process vs. product: Chouinard Deeper reading metacognitive awareness
May 9	EXAM 2

May 12	Student Assessment	pp. 517-522
May 14	Student Assessment	pp. 439-456	Bloom's revised taxonomy
May 16	Authentic Assessment	pp. 472-480 What is Authentic Assessment? Why Do It?	Seven Practices

May 19	Authentic Assessment	How Do You Do It? Standards Tasks	Beh. Mod. Project Due Standards-based education Standards workshop Good Standards?
May 21	Authentic Assessment		Illinois Learning Standards Rubrics "How classroom assessments improve learning"
May 23	Traditional Assessment	pp. 493-516 Constructing good tests	Lesson Plan Analysis Web Page Due

May 26	NO CLASS - Memorial Day
May 28	Traditional Assessment	pp. 456-472
May 30	Standardized Tests	pp. 480-490 "Why standardized tests don't measure educational quality"	Lesson Plan Analysis 2 due / Rewrite due "Instructional quality: Collecting credible evidence" "The inevitable corruption..." (warning: very long article)

Jun 2	EXAM 3	10:00-12:00