Frederick Community College

ED 202ONL-1 – Educational Psychology (online)

Semester: Spring, 2010

Instructor Information:

Name: Kathleen Gannon	Office: N/A
E-mail: KGannon@frederick.edu	Phone Number: 301-524-4430
Office Hours: accessible by email	Campus Mail Box Number: 364

Course Information:

Credits: 3	Last Day to Drop: April 9, 2010
Prerequisites: PS101	Co-requisites: n/a
Meeting Day(s): Self paced. Work will be due weekly.	Meeting Time(s): Students must check in weekly on the internet to complete assignments.

Course Description:

Introduces the nature and theories of learning processes. Focuses on classroom interaction and its influence upon the learning process and the growth and development of the child.

Core Learning Outcomes:

By the completion of the course students will:

1. Speak and write articulately about theories of psychology as they related to schooling;

2. Apply theories to their own creation of lessons and their evaluation of lessons and curricula;

3. Understand purposes and techniques of assessment and their implications for teaching and learning;

4. Describe the diversity of learner conditions and experience and how that diversity may affect teaching and learning; and

5. Synthesize course content with information gained from teaching they observe and their own teaching learning.

Classroom Rules:

Students are expected to complete assignments by the posted due date. No late assignments are accepted. Please follow instructions for assignments. Any electronic contact with me MUST be made through your FCC email account. Please be respectful to peers. FCC’s Academic Honesty and Integrity Policy will be strictly enforced.

Please read, sign, and submit the pledge form regarding academic honesty at: http://courses.frederick.edu/_utilities/regform.htm.

Instructional Methods:

On-line lecture notes, powerpoints, discussions, written work, activities, weekly quizzes, final exam, and classroom observations.

Text(s) for Course:

Woolfolk, Anita; Educational Psychology, 11^th edition with the on-line tutorial.

Evaluation Methods:

Assignment	Percent of Grade
Weekly quizzes (14 quizzes)	30 percent
Online discussions	30
Final Exam (taken in testing center)	20
Observations (2)	20
Total:	100

Grading Scale (in percentages):

100-90 A

89-80 B

79-70 C

69-60 D

59 and below F

Grades may be viewed on-line at any time.

Attendance Policy:

Students are expected to check in weekly and complete assignments.

Students with Disabilities

FCC provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified students with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and amendments. Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations must contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408 (A Building, Room 106A) in order to request and apply for services. The SSD office will require appropriate documentation of a disability. Questions related to accommodations or services can be directed to the SSD office. Additional information related to services can be viewed at the following FCC web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx.

If you currently receive services from the SSD office, please submit your Student Success Plan to me and make an appointment with me to discuss your accommodations and needs in class. I will hold any information you share with me in strict confidence unless you give me permission to do otherwise.

TOPICAL OUTLINE

Class	Subject	Content
Week 1	Introduction to the Course. What is educational psychology? Role of educational Psychology.	Syllabus Review. Introduction of Course. Begin lecture on Chapter 1. Quiz on Chapter 1.
Week 2	Chapter 2: Theories of development. Review Piaget and relevance in the classroom. Review Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development and how it can be used in the classroom. Compare Vygotsky and Piaget when compared to a classroom lesson.	Quiz on Chapter 2.
Week 3	Chapter 3: Review Erikson’s theory and it’s impact on teaching. Review Kohlberg’s theory of moral development.	Quiz on Chapter 3.
Week 4	Chapter 4: Student diversity, Gender, Socioeconomic status, and race. How do these impact the classroom.	Quiz on Chapter 4.
Week 5	Chapter 5: Behavioral Theories to Learning. Review Pavlov, Thorndike, Skinner, Bandura . . . Some methods for reinforcing behavior. Pros and cons to behavioral theories to learning.	Quiz on Chapter 5.
Week 6	Chapter 6: Behavioral Theories to Learning. Review Pavlov, Thorndike, Skinner, Bandura . . . Some methods for reinforcing behavior. Pros and cons to behavioral theories to learning.	Quiz on Chapters 6 .
Week 7	Chapter 7: Cognitive Theories to learning. How it can impact sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory. Review some memory strategies students can implement.	Quiz on Chapter 7.
Week 8	Chapter 8: Complex cognitive processes.	Quiz on Chapter 8.
Week 9	Chapter 9: Social Cognitive and Constructivist Views of Learning.	Quiz on Chapter 9.
Week 10	Chapter 10: Motivating Students to Learn.	Quiz on Chapter 10
Week 11	Chapter 11: Motivation in Learning and Teaching	Quiz on Chapters 11
Week 12	Chapter 12: Effective Teaching. Objective, lesson plans, classroom environment, expectations. measure what students learn.	Observations due. Quiz on Chapter 12.
Week 13	Chapter 14: Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing.	Quiz on Chapter 14
Week 14	Chapter 15: Classroom assessment and grading. How to create effective classroom assessments that truly measure what students know.	Quiz on Chapter 15
Week 15	Final Exam: taken in testing center	Final Exam