SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 320.3

INSTRUCTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Spring Semester, 1991

Instructor: Dr. Phil Winne

(January 7 - April 5)

Office: MPX 9506

Thursday, 13:30 - 16:20

Phone: 291-4858

Location: MPX 8560

PREREQUISITE

Educ. 220 - Introduction to Educational Psychology, or equivalent (e.g., Psyc. 100

or 102).

DESCRIPTION

Instructional psychology is a field of research addressing three main concerns:

How do students learn when an instructor tries to guide the learning

process?

How does motivation develop in instructional settings, and how do

motivation and learning influence one another?

How do teachers think about teaching, and how do these ways of thinking

about teaching influence students' learning and motivation?

PDP students and teachers will gain knowledge and skills in this course that

contribute to planning, delivering, and evaluating teaching. For psychology

students, this course extends classical experimental research about cognition and

motivation into the context of one of our society's most influential and pervasive

institutions, the classroom.

OBJECTIVES

Knowledge of theory and findings from research in instructional psychology.

Skills for reading and understanding research in instructional psychology.

Skill at applying research to designing instruction and assessing its

effectiveness.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS

Models of Students' Cognition and Motivation during Instruction.

Learning in the Subject Areas: Language, Reading, Composition, Mathematics,

and Science.

Applying instructional Psychology in Classroom Teaching.

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EVALUATION

A paper reviewing research and applying findings to instruction (40% of mark).

Six quizzes (30 minutes each; short essay items; each quiz 10% of mark).

READINGS

Required Text: Glover, Ronning, & Bruning. (1990). Cognitive Psychology for

Teachers.

Materials on reserve in the library.