Text: Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice, Slavin (9th Ed.)

GOALS

1. that you develop a thorough grasp of many of the course concepts, including an understanding of and appreciation for the manner in which the concepts are interrelated and can be meaningfully applied to the classroom and the world at large;
2. that you further develop your ability to critically think about the nature of evidence and arguments from a scientific perspective;
3. that you further develop your written and oral communication skills;
4. that you further develop your facility with instructional technology.

EVALUATION

To give you sufficient opportunity to apply as well as demonstrate what you have learned, I will administer three exams, assign a behavior modification project, and assign two online lesson assignments.

Behavior Modification Project

Instructions for the Behavior Modification Project can be found on the Assignments page. It will be worth 100 points.

Exams

Each exam, covering assigned readings and class lecture/discussion, will be worth 100 points. Please notify me in advance if you anticipate missing an exam because of an emergency or other legitimate excuse (e.g., course field trip or varsity athletic competition).

Online Lesson 1

As described on the Assignments page, you are to find a public press article available on the Web that describes some research in the field of education and create a brief lesson around it to be posted online. It will be worth 50 points.

Online Lesson 2

As described on the Assignments page, you are to identify a research finding in educational psychology and create a set of strategies or suggestions for applying that research to the classroom to be posted online. It will be worth 50 points.

Across all the assignments and exams you can earn up to 500 points and will be graded on the following scale:

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