This page contains links to web sites that will provide additional information on topics discussed in Educational Psychology. The readings are divided into the following categories: Assessment Motivation Development Perspectives on Teaching Diversity Teacher Tools Learning and Instruction

   Perspectives on Teaching

The following sites contain information that give various perspectives on the role of teaching in the elementary classroom.

• Working Toward Student Self-Direction & Personal Efficacy

• Building on Prior Knowledge and Meaningful Student Contexts/Cultures

• Teacher Learning That Supports Student Learning

    Development

These sites examine how social interaction in the classroom influences child and adolescent development.

• Developmentally Appropriate Practice: What Does Research Tell Us?

• Making Connections: How Children Learn

Diversity

These sites look at the problems and positive effects of educational programs for learning disabled, gifted, and culturally diverse children.

• College of Education Diversity Website

• What Teachers Can Do About Learning Disabilities

• Strategies for Identifying the Talents of Diverse Students

• Alternatives to Ability Grouping: Still Unanswered Questions

Learning and Instruction

These sites explore the important types of student/teacher interaction.

• Curricular Connections

• Emotions and Emotional Intelligence

• Teaching Strategies and Techniques

• Introduction to Teaching Strategies

• Teaching Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom

• Teaching Strategies for the Middle School Classroom

• Graphic Organizers

• Teaching Strategies

Motivation

These titles link you to sites that discuss student control and motivation in the classroom.

• The Art and Craft of Motivating Students
• Motivating Student Learning
• Motivation
• A Theory of Human Motivation: A. H. Maslow (1943)

• Student Motivation To Learn

 

Assessment

This list of sites discusses the implications of educational measurement for the classroom decision-making process and for the teaching profession.

• How Better Questioning Leads to Improved Learning

• Assessment Reform

• Alternative Assessment in Elementary School Mathematics

• 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning

Teacher Tools

These resources sites contain general information that may be of interest to you as you develop your own theories and ideas about the learning/teaching process.

• AskERIC

• Electric Library

• Summary of Goals 2000: Educate America Act

• Glossary of Education Terms and Acronyms

Created by Mary Ann Coe, D. Ed. Midwestern State University Updated: October 2003