Educational Psychology Lecture Notes

Chapter 1: Introduction

Research Methods

Chapter 2: Cognitive Dev.

Piaget-Dan
Vygotsky-Kate
Language-Alexis

Chapter 3: Social & Moral Dev.

Chapter 4: Individual Differences-Cognitive

Chapter 5:Individual Differences-Exceptionality

Chapter 6: Group Differences

Multicultural Curriculum-Brooke
Homelessness-Karen

Chapter 7: Behaviorism

Classical
Operant
Social-Learning
Cog.-Behavior Mod.

Chapter 8: Cognitive

Short Term Memory
Alternative models

Chapter 10: Motivating Students

Intrinsic V. Extrinsic
Role of Attitudes & Beliefs
Student Goals
Motivating Challenging Students

Chapter 11: Classroom Management

Effective Teachers
Special Approaches
Preventing Problems

Chapter 13: Standardized Tests

What are standardized tests
Assessing test quality

Chapter 14: Assessment

Why Assessment is important
Traditional Assessment
Authentic Assessment

 

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