PSYC 3130: Educational Psychology for Teachers of Adults
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Last Modified: December 2008


Weeks 1 and 2

1. Define Terms
2. Research Studies and Methods (Part I; Part II)

Week 3

  1. Major social trends

Week 6

Operant conditioning
        --Introduction to operant learning
        --Schedules of reinforcement
        --Using behavior modification

Week 7

Cognitive psychology
        --Overview
        --Stage theory
        --Using the information processing approach

Week 8

-- Piaget
-- Using Piaget

Week 10

1. Observational learning; social cognitive theory of learning

Weeks 13 & 14

1. Model of the Teaching/Learning Process (Part I; Part II; Part III
2. Models of instruction; Direct instruction
3. The 4MAT system
4. Constructivism and organization of knowledge