Assignment Schedule 
Monday,
October 25
- Orientation. Overview of the class procedures
and curriculum
- Discussion of Educational Psychology and its
integration with curriculum
Wednesday,
October 27
- Ch1 Introduction to EdPsych..
Class discussion of decision making and the Teaching-Learning process
model.
- Chapter 1 summary essay due (10 pts)
- Technology Project (20 Pts)
Students will create an Excel Spreadsheet that can be used as a tool
to evaluate effective instructional methods and techniques in the
classroom. Charts will accompany the instrument so that strong and
weak points of individual teacher methods can be evaluated.
Monday,
November 1
- Chapter 2 Behavioral Approaches to Learning
Class discussion of behavioral psychology models of instruction.
Discussion of Pavlov, Skinner, Watson and Thorndike.
- Chapter 2 summary essay due (10 pts)
- Technology Project (20 pts)
Working in groups of four, students will use Microsoft PowerPoint
to design a lesson that uses the "Programmed Instruction"
method of instruction. Students will utilize the "reward"
and "punishment" theories of B.F. Skinner.
Wednesday,
November 3
- Midterm (25 pts)
- Chapter 3, Cognitive Approaches to Learning
Class discussion of learning strategies using the "Cognitive
Model."
Topics include information processing systems, memory, cognition,
metacognition, declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge and
thinking skills.
- Chapter 3 summary due (10 pts)
- Technology Project (20 pts)
Working in groups of four, students will create a web page that
integrates technology and the cognitive approach to learning. They
need to create a working lesson that teaches a specific topic and can
be used in the classroom. The technology is a hypertext web page and
the learning theory is Cognitive.
Monday,
November 8
- Chapter 7, Classroom Management and
Discipline
Class discussion of management plans, key instructional
strategies, instructional organization, self management and Glasser's
Reality Therapy approach.
- Chapter 7 summary due (10 pts)
- Panel Discussion
Six students from Bonita Vista High School will act as a panel so
that teachers can quiz them on the instructional and classroom
management strategies that "work" and those that are ineffective
from the students point of view.
- Project (20 pts)
Working in groups of two, students will develop a Classroom Management
Plan that utilizes technology and the strategies discussed in chapter
7. In the
plan, students are to be specific as to which strategies they are
using and why. They need to name the strategies, ie Reality
Therapy, T.E.T., Token Economy, Contingency Contracting, etc. Students
may use any technology to implement their plan.
Wednesday,
November 10
- Unit Four "Development of Individual
Differences"
- Technology/Class Discussion (20 pts)
1. Students will choose any chapter out of Part Four and be prepared
to discuss the chapter at length and in depth.
2. Students will log-on-to the class web page, www.schneemann.com
and access the "Tech Talk" section of the page.
4. Students are expected to spend at least a couple of hours
discussing the topics presented. Students are expected to join in the
discussion of several topics replying to the comments of others.
Additional instructions to be provided in class.
Monday,
November 15 (subject to change)
- SAT-9 research due (10 pts)
Students will submit research articles from the Internet that discuss
the forthcoming SAT-9 requirements and class will discuss those
articles.
- Lab Night for Final Projects
Many teachers feel threatened by the new SAT-9 requirements. How
can we meet the requirements while maintaining effective Cognitive
teaching strategies in the classroom? We will try to use technology to
bridge the gap.
The specifics of the Final Project requirements are still being
developed but will focus on strategies for integrating Cognitive
Teaching Strategies, Technology and the SAT-9 requirements.
Wednesday,
November 17
- Final Exam
- Project Presentations
Saturday,
November 20
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