EDF4210

EDF4210

Quiz 1

Chapter 1

Educational Psychology and Teacher Decision Making

I. What is educational psychology?

a. Encompasses principles and theories related to human learning and motivation, child and adolescent development, individual and group differences, psychology assessment , and topics related to classroom practice

b. Focuses on teaching and learning

c. Cognitive and social skills; emotional development

d. Motivation, understanding, and interpretation behind learning

e. Most significant ways to learn and facilitate learning

f. Decision making – based on the understanding of principles and theories (what is effective for students to learn)

II. Why is educational psychology related to teaching?

a. Must understand how to teach to the culture and age based on students’ learning patterns and behaviors and why these strategies are implemented

III. Psychologists that had a significant contribution to education and their applications to teaching

a. Juan Piaget – Cognitive development

b. Bloom – Behaviorist approach

i. Instructional objectives

c. Vygotsky – Cognitive development

d. Bruner – Cognitive development beginning with concrete and moving to abstract

e. Erickson – Self development

IV. Educational Psychologists

a. Derive general psychological principles

i. Principles (of human behavior): describe specific factors that influence students’ learning, development, and behavior

b. Develop theories (why these happen)

i. Describe possible underlying, not observational mechanisms regulating human learning, developing and behavior

EDF4210

Quiz 1

Chapter 2

Cognitive Development and Language

I. Educational Psychology

a. Derive general psychological principles

i. Principles (of human behavior): describe specific factors that influence students’ learning, development, and behavior

b. Develop theories (why these happen)Describe possible underlying, not observational mechanisms regulating human learning, developing and behavior

II. Case Study: Uncooperative Groups

a. Present clear expectations

b. Assign groups

c. Have guidelines

d. Assign roles

e. Teacher lacked supervisor and organization

III. Cognitive and Linguistic Development

a. Development that proceeds in somewhat orderly and predictable pattern

b. Different children develop at different rates



	EDF4210 EDF4210 Quiz 1 Chapter 1 Educational Psychology and Teacher Decision Making I. What is educational psychology? a. Encompasses principles and theories related to human learning and motivation, child and adolescent development, individual and group differences, psychology assessment , and topics related to classroom practice b. Focuses on teaching and learning c. Cognitive and social skills; emotional development d. Motivation, understanding, and interpretation behind learning e. Most significant ways to learn and facilitate learning f. Decision making – based on the understanding of principles and theories (what is effective for students to learn) II. Why is educational psychology related to teaching? a. Must understand how to teach to the culture and age based on students’ learning patterns and behaviors and why these strategies are implemented III. Psychologists that had a significant contribution to education and their applications to teaching a. Juan Piaget – Cognitive development b. Bloom – Behaviorist approach i. Instructional objectives c. Vygotsky – Cognitive development d. Bruner – Cognitive development beginning with concrete and moving to abstract e. Erickson – Self development IV. Educational Psychologists a. Derive general psychological principles i. Principles (of human behavior): describe specific factors that influence students’ learning, development, and behavior b. Develop theories (why these happen) i. Describe possible underlying, not observational mechanisms regulating human learning, developing and behavior EDF4210 Quiz 1 Chapter 2 Cognitive Development and Language I. Educational Psychology a. Derive general psychological principles i. Principles (of human behavior): describe specific factors that influence students’ learning, development, and behavior b. Develop theories (why these happen)Describe possible underlying, not observational mechanisms regulating human learning, developing and behavior II. Case Study: Uncooperative Groups a. Present clear expectations b. Assign groups c. Have guidelines d. Assign roles e. Teacher lacked supervisor and organization III. Cognitive and Linguistic Development a. Development that proceeds in somewhat orderly and predictable pattern b. Different children develop at different rates