SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 320-3

INSTRUCTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

(D1.00)

Spring Semester, 1992

Instructor: Dr. Phil Winne

(January 6 - April 3)

Office: ?

MPX 9506

Tuesday, 1:30-4:20 p.m.

Phone:

291-4858

Location: MPX 8651

PREREQUISITE

Educ. 220—Introduction to Educational Psychology.

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.

EVALUATION

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

Five quizzes (30 minutes each; short essay items; each quiz 12% of mark).

READINGS

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

y chology

for

Teachers.

Materials on reserve in the library.