Daniel C. Moos, Ph.D.

Gustavus Adolphus College, Department of Education

 
Educational Psychology

Studying for the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Examination (MTLE) Pedagogy Test?

1. Go to the MTLE website for preparation materials and then select the appropriate test.
2. Click this link for expanded study guides.
3. Click this link for practice tests.
4. Check out these flashcards.

Documents:

• Syllabus

• Overview for "Wednesdays in the Workplace "

• Critical Thinking Paper Directions (see below for sample Critical Thinking papers from previous semesters)

1. Tracking: An Educational Opportunity
2. Motivation: Using the Self-Determination Theory in the Spanish Classrooom
3. Motivation and Metacognition
4. Neurobiology and Information Processing Theory
5. Information Processing Theory in Context

Review Guides:

• Quiz #1
• Quiz #2
• Quiz #3
• Quiz #4
• Final Exam

Movies:

• Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development: Sensorimotor (Casey at 6 months)
• Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development: Sensorimotor (Casey at 1 year)
• Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development: Preoperational (Casey at 2 years)
• Conservation
• Theory of Mind
• Behaviorism

Links to interesting articles:

• Supporting Metacognition in the classroom

Transfer

• Forget What You Know about Good Study Habits (New York Times)

Intelligence, motivation, and setting students up for success

• Even Geniuses
• Praise effort, not ability

Assessment

• To Really Learn, Quite Studying and Take a Test (New York Times)

Sample Lesson Plans:

Social Studies
Art
Music
Math
Science
Communication Arts/Literature/Language Arts
Foreign Language
Physical Education and Health

Information on Standards:

Powerpoint Presentations:

Class #1: Introduction

Class #2: Psychosocial Development

Class #3: Cognitive Development (Piaget)

Class #4: Cognitive Development (Vygotsky)

Class #5: Moral Development

Class #6: No powerpoint

Class #7: Intelligence

Class #8: Learning Styles

Class #9: Behaviorism

Class #10: Social Cognitive Theory (I)

Class #11: Social Cognitive Theory (II) & Epistemology

Class #12: Constructivism and Problem Solving

Class #13: Transfer of Learning

Class #14: No powerpoint

Class #15: Approaches to Instruction: Introduction

Class #16: No powerpoint

Class #17: Information Processing Theory

Class #18: Metacognition

Class #19: Motivation (I)

Class #20: Motivation (II)

Class #21: No powerpoint

Class #22: Classroom Assessment

Class #23: Standardized Testing (I)

Class #24: Standardized Testing (II)

Class #25: No powerpoint

Class #26: No powerpoint