•IMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Fall Semester 2001
EDUC 320 - 3
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Dianne Jamieson-Noel
Instructional Psychology
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Office: EDB 8645
Phone: 291-4548
Friday 11:30-13:20 in AQ 3153
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1301.00 ?
Email: djamieso@sfu.ca
plus 1 hour tutorial
PREREQUISITE
Educ 220
DESCRIPTION
Instructional psychology is a field of research that examines aspects of both teaching and learning.
The following questions will be addressed: a) How do students learn when an instructor tries to
guide the learning process? b) How does motivation develop in instructional settings? c) How do
motivation and learning influence one another? d) How do teachers think about teaching, and how
do these ways of thinking about teaching influence students' learning and motivation?
Students will gain knowledge and skills in this course that contribute to planning, delivering and
evaluating teaching. Furthermore, the course will also emphasize ways to promote desired
learning outcomes. This course extends classical experimental research about cognition and
motivation and brings it into the context of one of our society's most influential and pervasive
institutions, the classroom.
OBJECTIVES
There are three overall main objectives of the course: a) gain knowledge of theories and research
based findings in instructional psychology, b) obtain skills in reading research articles and reviews
of research and c) develop skills in designing instruction guided and justified by research.
TOPICS
• Models of cognition, motivation, metacognition, and self-regulated learning
• Designing instruction: texts, teaching, tutoring and technologies
• Learning within the subject areas: language, reading, composition, mathematics and science
EVALUATION
• Tutorial Activities (20%)
• Think Paper (25%)
• Design Project (25%)
• Final Examination (30%)
REQUIRED READINGS
Bruning, R.H., Schraw, G.J. & Ronning, R.R. (1999). Cognitive Psychology and Instruction (3rd Ed.)
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Supplementary articles will also be put on reserve in the library
