Daniel C. Moos, Ph.D.

Gustavus Adolphus College, Department of Education

 
EDU 330: Developmental & Educational Psychology

Class Documents (including syllabus, review guides, and assignment directions), Class homework reading/video and Powerpoints, Interesting Articles, Sample lesson plans

Standards met by EDU 330: Development & Educational Psychology

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CLASS DOCUMENTS

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• Syllabus

• Overview for "Fridays in the Field"
• Experiential Activity

• Class Participation

• Critical Thinking Assignment: See below for sample Critical Thinking assignments from prior semesters. The assignment has changed each semester so these sample assignments are intended to provide an approximate guideline.

1. Dancing to learn: The use of dance in schools (video)
2. Art Education
3. Dynamic Brain
4. Motivation and Metacognition
5. Information Processing Theory in Context

• Final Application Guidelines and Final Application Suggested Format

• Review Guide: Quiz on Information Processing Theory & Metacognition
• Review Guide: Quiz on Cognitive Development & Age-Level Differences
• Review Guide: Quiz on Intelligence, fixed/growth mindsets & "learning styles"

Resources for conceptualizing, supporting and evaluating "effort":

Rubric #1 (self-evaluation for growth vs fixed mindset)

Rubric #2 (self-evaluation for effort vs achievement)

Rubric #3 (simplified generic self-evaluation effort rubric)

Rubric #4 (teacher attitude and effort evaluation)

Rubric #5 (teacher participation and effort evaluation)

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CLASS HOMEWORK READINGS, VIDEOS, AND POWERPOINTS

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Class 1: Introduction      

• Powerpoint for today'class: Introduction to Developmental & Educational Psychology

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Class 2: Self-Regulated Learning

• Article #1 (what is "learning"?): Click here
• Article #2 (what is "self-regulated learning"?): Click here
• Powerpoint for Today's class: Self-Regulated Learning

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Class 3: Constructivism

• Article #1: Click here
• Article #2 (note Article #1 and #2 short articles from same website): Click here
• Video: Click here
• Complete Reaction Paper/Assignment: Click here
• Powerpoint for today'class: Constructivism

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Class 4: Promoting Conceptual Change AND Concept Attainment

• Article #1 (overview of conceptual change): Click here (Note: This webpage has links to additional effective pedagogies)
• Article & Video (One stategy to facilitate conceptual change: Concept Attainment): Click here (Note: make sure to watch the video embedded within the end of the article)
• Powerpoint for today'class: Conceptual Change and Concept Attainment

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Class 5: Information Processing Theory

• No assigned reading, video, or assessment
• Powerpoint for today'class: Information Processing Theory

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Class 6: Metacognition  

• Article: Click here
• Video: Click here
• Complete Reaction Paper/Assignment: Click here.
• Powerpoint for today's class: Metacognition

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Class 7: Quiz (Information Processing Theory & Metacognition)

No assigned reading or video (study for quiz)

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Class 8: Cognitive Development (Piaget)

• Article: Click here
• Powerpoint for today'class: Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

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Class 9: Age-Level Characteristics

Read one of the following articles on your developmental group:

• Preschool & Kindergarten (click here)
• 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade (click here)
• 4th or 5th grade (click here)
• Middle School (click here)
• High School (click here)
• Powerpoint for today'class: Morality Development

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Class 10: Cognitive Development (Vygotsky)  

• Video: Click here
• Article: Click here
• Powerpoint for today's class: Vygotsky's Theory

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Class 11: Quiz (Cognitive Development & Age-Level Characteristics)

No assigned reading or video (study for quiz)

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Class 12: Intelligence

• Article on Gardner's Theory: Click here
• Video on Sternberg's Theory: Click here
• Article: Click here (Read pages 438 – 443 and 455 - 457)
• Powerpoint for today's class: Intelligence

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Class 13: Growth vs. fixed mindset views of intelligence

• Article #1: Click here
• Article #2: Click here
• Video: Click here
• Powerpoint for today's class: Growth/Fixed Mindset & Attribution Theory

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Class 14: “Learning Styles” (do they really exist?)

• Watch video of Ken Robinson's views on education: Click here
• Read response to Ken Robinson's view on education: Click here
• Read article questioning the existence of "learning styles": Click here
• Complete Reaction Paper/Assignment: Click here.
• Powerpoint for today's class: "Learning Styles"

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Class 15: Quiz (Intelligence, growth/fixed mindsets, & "learning styles")

No assigned reading or video (study for quiz)

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Class 16: Critical Thinking Assignment/ Experiential Activity Work Day& Individual Meetings with Professor

Complete Reaction Paper: Click here

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Class 17: Experiential Activity #1

No assigned reading, video, or assessment             

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Class 18: Experiential Activity #2

No assigned reading, video, or assessment  

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Class 19: Experiential Activity Debrief & Class Review

• Complete Reaction Paper/Assignment for experiential activity

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Class 20: Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation

• Article #1: Click here
• Article #2: Click here

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Class 21: Additional Theories of Motivation

No assigned reading, video, or assessment (Critical Thining Assignment, Rough Draft Due)  

• Powerpoint for today's class: Additional Theories of Motivation

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Class 22: Classroom Assessment(Validity & Reliability)

• Article #1: Click here
• Article #2 (assessment, feedback and motivation): Click here
• Powerpoint for today'class: Assessment  (Validity/Reliability)

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Class 23: Using assessment to inform instruction

• Video: Click here 
• Activity for today's class: Using student performance data to make instructional decisions
• Powerpoint for today's class: Using assessment to inform instruction

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Class 24: Critical Thinking Work Day & To Be Announce (topic of interest generated by class)

No assigned reading, video, or assessment (keep working on your Critical Thining Assignment)  

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Class 25: Share Critical Thinking Assignment/ Complete and Upload Key Assessments for Standards 5 and 10 (TaskStream)

• Critical Thinking Assignment, Final due at the start of today's class

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Class 26: Final Application administered

• Standards 5 and 10 completed (TaskStream) by the start of today's class

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MOVIES

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• 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

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INTERESTING ARTICLES

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Thoughts on Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligence, and Educational Reform:

• Ken Robinson's views on education: Video #1, Video #2, Video #3
• Response to Ken Robinson's view on education: Click here.

Assessment

• Designing Rubrics

The role of Educational Psychology in teaching

• Harvard Conference seeks to jolt University Teaching or pdf version

Rethinking technology

• A  tech-happy professor reboots after he hearing his teaching advice isn't working or pdf version

Self-Regulated Learning

• 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)

• Principles of Instruction

  • Research based strategies all teachers should know (Roesenshine)

    • Putting students on the path to Learning

      • The case for fully guided instruction (Clark, Kirschner, & Sweller)

      • Additional information on Engagement:

        • Case Study (click here)
        • Article on Cross cultural differences in motivation (Note: Read pages pages 175 – 178; 189 – 194; Click here
        • Powerpoint : Engagement

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SAMPLE LESSON PLANS

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• Hot Chalk Lesson Plans: Click here (Select "Lesson Plans" in navigation bar to identify lesson plans by content area. You can filter by grade level once you select the content area)

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