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EDUCATION 220-3 

PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION 

FALL 1977 

Instructor: R.W. Marx 

Calendar Description: 

A review of psychological principles relevant to education, including 

individual differences, learning theory, motivation, child development, and 

personality. These principles will be related to problems of teaching and 

learning in educational settings. 

Course Information: 

Monday and Wednesday 1:30 - 2:20 p.m. AQ 9200 Lecture 

plus one hour tutorial. September 7th - November 30th, 1977. 

Range of Topics: 

The course will be divided into three components: basic psychological 

principles, teaching strategies, and judqmant and decision making. The 

first part of the course will cover psychological issues such as learning 

theory, individual differences, motivation, child develo 

p ment, and 

personality. The second section of the course will relate these issues to 

problems of teaching. Included will be a review of teaching models and 

strategies. Finally, the last section of the course will explore the role 

of judgment and decision making in education. Recent research will be 

discussed in each of these sections. 

Reading: 

Gage, N.L. & Berliner, D.C. Educational Psychology Chicago: Rand McNally, 

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1975 (required). 

Bierly, M., Gage, N. L. & Berliner, D.C. Student Study Guide to Educational 

Psychology. Chicago: Rand McNall y 

, 1975 (optional). 

Requirements: 

The course grade will be based on three sets of activities: (a) Thirty 

percent of the grade will be based on assignments in tutorials. These will 

be a caiibination of short 1-2 page 

p

apers and quizzes, (b) Thirt 

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-five percent 

of the grade will be based on the carpletion of two moderate sized term papers 

(about 10 pages), or the report of a tutoring project based on conce 

p

ts from 

lectures and discussions, (c) Thirty-five percent of the grade will be based 

on a final exam. 

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