Educational Psychology

Seminal Works:

For our purposes, the textbook being used in the course is the primary source of information on educational psychology:

Ormrod, J.E. (2003). Educational Psychology: Developing Learners (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall. Chapter 1, pg. 1-16.

Additionally, you may want to consider investing some time in reading the following:

Why Children are Left Behind (pdf)

Berliner, D.C. & Calfee, R.C. (Eds.) (1996). Handbook of Educational Psychology. New York: Macmillan.

One of our former instructors, Trudy Kowallis Christensen, wrote an insightful article on the Role of Theory in instruction.
Slavin, R.E. (2002). Educational Psychology, Theory and Practice (7th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Chapter 1, pages 1-25.
Ormrod, J.E. (2000). Educational Psychology: Developing Learners (3rd ed). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Merrill. Chapter 1, pages 1-23.
Osguthorpe, R. (1995). The education of the heart. BYU Devotional Address, March 21, 1995.

Renewing our sense of wonder and engagement in learning by considering matters of the heart. This article could also be used to introduce agency education. Available online at http://speeches.byu.edu or in the IP&T 301 library.
Palmer, P. (1997). The heart of a teacher:Identity and integrity in teaching. Change: November/December 1997. pages 15-21.

Insights on how our personal development and integrity effect our teaching. This article could also be used to introduce agency education. Available in the IP&T 301 library.
Richards, A.L. (1997). That you may be instructed more perfectly. Brigham Young Magazine. Summer 1977. Pages 23-48.

Reflections on gospel perspective of learning. This article could also be used to introduce agency education. Available in the IP&T 301 library.


Current Research:

The following journals contain current research in the field of edpsych:

The Journal of Educational Psychology
http://www.apa.org/journals/edu.html

Educational Psychology
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01443410.asp

Educational Psychologist https://www.erlbaum.com/shop/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=0046-1520

Educational Psychology in Practice
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02667363.asp

Websites:

A number of edpsych resources from McGraw Hill
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/edpsych/edpsytop.html

Links to resources for many of the theories discussed in this class
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/edpsych.htm

Online tutorials on several of the theories discussed in this class
http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/%7Eandersmd/edpsy.html

Some useful links
http://www.siue.edu/~dknowlt/ED305/EdPsychLinks.htm

There are hundreds more websites out there, but this gives you a taste of what's available.