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    COURSE: Education 220-3
    Psychological Issues in Education
    SEMESTER: Spring, 1980
    CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
    Human variability; relationships between motivation, learning and development.
    COURSE INFORMATION:
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    Dates
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    Time
    R.W. Marx Jan. 14-Apr. 11 Tues./Thurs. 10:30-11:30
    **plus one hour tutorial per week
    Range of Topics
    The course will be divided into three components: basic psychological
    principles, psychology of instruction and evaluation, and decision making.
    The first part of the course will cover psychological issues such as
    learning theory, individual differences, motivation, child development, 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, and principles of instructional design. 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.
    Text Books
    Gage, N.L. E
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    Berliner, D.C. 'Educational Psychology (2nd edition) Chicago:
    Rand McNally, 1975 (required).
    Bierly, M., Gage, N. L., Berliner, D.C. Student Study Guide to Educational
    Psychology. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1975 (optional)
    Requirements
    Students will be required to complete the following assignments:
    1)
    Three short papers (maximum three typed, double-spaced pages) on
    assigned topics. These papers, called "Think Papers" will require you to
    demonstrate understanding of contemporary psychological issues in education,
    such as "Are group intelligence tests biased against native Indians?" Each
    paper will be worth five points.
    2)
    Midterm exam. This exam will be a combination of multiple choice and
    short essay, and will cover material presented in lectures and assigned
    readings during the first half of the semester. The exam will be worth
    15 points.
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    3) A tutoring project or' tern paper (35 points). Students will choose
    one of these tasks.
    a)
    The term paper is not simply an act of writing down what other
    people have written about an issue. The paper should address a problem
    and suggest a resolution of the problem which grows out of evidence and
    good reasoning.
    b)
    The tutoring project is designed for students who plan on becoming
    teachers. Students will tutor a child or adult (or small group) and write
    a report of the teaching and learning, using concepts and principles of
    educational psychology.
    4) Final exam. This will cover lecture and text material for the entire
    semester. It will be worth 35 points.
    Grading
    Final course grades will be based on the following distribution:
    100-96
    A+
    95-91
    A
    90-86
    A-
    85--
    83
    B+
    82-79
    B
    78-76
    B-
    75-73
    c+
    72-69
    C
    68-66
    C-
    65-56
    D
    55-
    F
    Specific criteria for the assessment of each assignment will be discussed at
    the time the assignment is given.

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