PSY 218 Educational Psychology

1. Evaluate how physical, cognitive, moral, and social development affect student learning.
2. Describe how literacy and language are connected to academic performance.
3. Recognize learner needs and explain how inclusive classrooms are designed to accommodate difference.
4. Utilize learning and memory research from the areas of both behavioral and cognitive psychology to create developmentally appropriate lessons for classroom instruction.
5. Outline the role of motivation in forming a supportive, engaging learning environment.
6. Compare and contrast assessment techniques identifying the strengths and weaknesses of various testing practices.

Statewide General Education Outcomes:

1. Apply analytical skills to social phenomena to understand human behavior.
2. Apply knowledge of experience to foster personal growth and better appreciate the diverse social world in which we live.

Cultural Literacy Outcome:

1. Identify and analyze complex practices, values, and beliefs and the culturally and historically defined meanings of difference.

• Developmental Principles
  • Physical
  • Cognitive
  • Moral
  • Socio-emotional
• Language and Instruction
  • Language and literacy development
  • Bilingual education
  • Language and culture
• Diversity in the Classroom 
  • Talented and gifted
  • Learner challenges
  • Group difference
  • Culturally compatible environments
    • Hispanic, Chicano, and Latino Communities
• Learning and Memory
  • Behaviorist views
    • Applied behavior analysis
  • Cognitive views
  • Constructivism
  • Creativity and problem solving
• Student Motivation
  • Goals, interests, and emotion
  • Beliefs and self-schemas
  • Inclusive teaching
• Assessment
  • Grading, evaluation, and research methodology
  • Descriptive statistics and measurement
  • Standardized testing
    • Test application