New courses, special topics and seminars
Fall 2009
New courses
EPsy 3301 Introduction to Educational Psychology
History, current work. Future promise of educational
psychology. Major topics in educational psychology. Focuses
on interplay between theory, empirical research, and
practical applications.
41459-001 LEC, 9:45 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.,
Tu,Th (09/08/2009 – 12/16/2009), BuH 125, TCEASTBANK,
Varma,Sashank, 3 credits
EPsy 5153 Social Development in PreK to
Secondary Schools
Social development in educational settings, from preschool
through high school.
44083-001 LEC, 4:40 P.M. – 7:20 P.M., Tu
(09/08/2009 – 12/16/2009), BuH 125, TCEASTBANK,
Pellegrini,Anthony D, 3 credits
Updated course
EPsy 5281 Introduction to Computer Operations &
Data Analysis
How to use the computer to access/analyze information.
National, state, local, and specialty Web sites that contain
data of interest to social scientists. Using EXCEL, SPSS,
SAS, and R for data analysis.
53767-001 LEC, 8:15 A.M. – 9:30 A.M.,
Tu,Th (09/08/2009 – 12/16/2009), PeikH 325, TCEASTBANK,
Davenport Jr,Ernest C, 3 credits
Special Topics
EPsy 5200—Special Topics: Psychological
Foundations: Motivation in Education
This course will review theory and research on motivation in
educational settings. The course will cover the major
motivational theories (e.g., attribution theory,
self-determination theory, goal theory, etc.) and discuss
how these theories can be applied to real-life classroom
situations.
43331-001 WKS (09/08/2009 –
12/16/2009), OFFCMPTC Samuels,S
Jay (Educ Distinguished Tchg Awd, 3 credits. Topic
prereq - Access to internet; familiar with WebCT Vista. This
is a semester-long online course with an initial optional
on-campus meeting TBA. - Internet-delivered
Seminars
EPsy 8114—Seminar: Cognition and Learning:
Problem Solving
This course will focus on problem solving of a spatial
nature, including its neural bases. We will read cognitive
science papers about adult problem solving, ranging from
classic tasks such as the Tower of Hanoi to fluid
intelligence tasks such as Ravens Progressive Matrices to
visuospatial reasoning tasks such as mental rotation of
Shepard-Metzler figures. We will also read cognitive
neuroscience papers on the network of frontal and parietal
areas that supports spatial problem solving, and the
impairments that result when its components are damaged.
Finally, we will touch on a number of related topics,
including the development of problem solving, the abilities
of non-human animals, and older approaches such as the
Gestalt tradition. Students will be expected to participate
in class discussions, present articles, and to run a study
or write a review paper on an aspect of problem solving of
interest to them.
53773-001 SEM , 4:40 P.M. - 7:20 P.M. , Tu
(09/08/2009 – 12/16/2009), NichH 355, TCEASTBANK, Varma,Sashank
, 3 credits
EPsy 8115— Psychology of Instruction and
Technology: Computer Games
The goal of Computer Games is to review the progress on the
development of theoretical frameworks for games and to
review the empirical results of qualitative or quantitative
approaches to measuring the impact of computers on learning.
In summary, this seminar will deal with (a) the primacy of
learning as a focus for game technology, sometimes called
serious games; (b) the need to integrate such game
technology with instructional and assessment strategies; (c)
the paucity of and need to support the development of
game-base curriculum and tools; (d) the need to integrate
assessment in game technology; (e) the need for
theory-driven and evaluation studies to increase our
knowledge and efficacy of games as tests; (f) the need for a
psychometric approach to the use of game assessments; and
(g) the need to match the skills that the game purports to
develop to the skills, knowledge, and abilities that are
needed to perform the criterion task.
53775-001 SEM , 9:45 A.M. – 11:00 A.M., Tu,
Th
(09/08/2009 – 12/16/2009), EltH N647, TCEASTBANK, Tennyson,Robert
D, 3 credits
Revised March 2009
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