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[Human Development]
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[Personality/Motivation]
[Educational Tests & Measurements]
[Design of Instruction]
[Research in Psychology]
[School Discipline]
PsychREF:
Resources in Psychology on the Internet
Clinical psychology, forensic and legal issues,
pharmacology & pharmacotherapy; medications; specific clinical
problems, Developmental psychology: children & adolescents; Life span
development: adulthood & aging; social psycholgy;
Industrial/organizational psychology; Clinical & behavioral medicine;
Health Psychology; more
Identifies Internet general resources; online journals; bibliographic databases; listservs; professional organizations; by School of Psychology [Alfred Adler, Existentialism, Sigmund Freud, Gestalt Psychology, Carl Jung, Personality, Jean Piaget, Carl Rogers, B. F. Skinner]; usenet new groups; search engines for psychology
Includes educational goals and standards; educational research and studies; school discipline and safety; cognitive and language development; psycholsocial and moral development; individual learner characteristics; cultural diversity; disadvantaged and at-risk students; gender differences; gifted and talented; students with learning difficulties and disabilities; language diversity; urban education; learning theories and practices; critical thinking and problem solving; constructivism; intelligence and creativity; motivation in the classroom; classroom management and discipline; instructional planning; teaching strategies and instructional design; teaching and technology; parental involvement and student learning; assessing learning and evaluating instruction; From Educational Psychology, publishers of education titles.
History of Influences
in the Development of Intelligence Theory and Testing Biographies of
many influential psychologists.
Discovering
Psychology--Outline of Instruction
Excerpts from Holt, Rinehart and Winston's Discovering Psychology, from the Annenberg CPB Projects
Human Development
National
Network for Child Care. Child Development Page
Comprehensive list of links, including infant, toddler, preschooler, school-age, intellectual, emotional/social/ages and stages series, brain development
Organization for parents and professionals. Development chart for parents; parents' guide to understanding develomental assessment; bookstore; for professionals, training opportunities, listserv, more.
Institute
for Child Development
Commercial site. Research summaries available at reasonable cost as zipped files; free lesson plans on social emotions available as zipped files.
Piaget's
Stage Theory of Development
Piaget, Vygotsky,
and Problem Based Learning
From Ed Psych Interactive by Dr. Huitt. Teaching/Learning Process model; Systems Model of Human Behavior; Brilliant Star; Internet Resources. From undergraduate psych class at Valdosta
Human Development &
Family Life Education Resource Center
From Ohio State University. Many resources; child development, adolescence, parents, families, child care, divorce, urban issues, poverty
Adolescent
Directory Online (ADOL)
From Indiana University. Electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. Conflict and violence; mental health; Health and Health Risk Issues; counselor resources; teens only.
Provides guidelines for health supervision of infants, children and adolescents. Information on development at various ages
Educational
Psychology
School
Psychology Resources Online
By Dr. Sandra Steingart. Research learning disabilities, ADHD, functional Behavioral assessment, autism, adolescenece, parenting, psychological assessment, special education, mental retardation, mental health, and more.
Learning Theories
Metacognition Links.
Thinking about Thinking
What is metacognition; learning styles; interview forms to encourage metacognition during reading; metacognition and learning to read; brain dancing for students [MetaLearning Handbook]
Metacognition
and Reading to Learn. ERIC Digest
Definition; review of the research
Metacognition
and Teaching for Learning
Unpublished research paper; teacher-friendly measure of gross metacognition. Downloadable files
Learning
and Mathematics: Metacognition
Schoenfeld describes metacognition and proposes some ways it can be used in the classroom.
Behaviorism
Behavioral
Psychology
Definition, Pavlov & Classical Conditioning, Skinner & Operant Conditioning, Bandura's model, cognitive behavior modification, examples. By Dr. Lawrence R. Rogien, Boise State
Behaviourism:
The Early Years By Robert H. Wozniak, Bryn Mawr College
The B. F. Skinner
Autobiography Biography; bibliography
Ivan
Pavlov (1849-1936) Biography
The
Adaptive Modification of Bahavior. Pavlovian Conditioning
Edward L.
Thorndike (1874-1949) Brief biography and discussion of his
work
Dr.
John B. Watson Emphasis on his professional work
Dictionary
of Philosophy of Mind. John Broadus Watson Brief biography
Behavior
Online: The Mental Health and Behavioral Science Meeting Place
A site for Mental Health and Applied Behavioral Science Professioanls. Discussion groups; organizations and interest groups; resources.
Education--Aims &
Objectives
Major
Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Outline of the major categories in Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's
Taxonony's Model Questions and Key Words
Some keywords to help develop questions, using the various categories in Bloom's Taxonomy
Personality &
Motivation
Maslow's
Hierarchy of Needs
Includes Maslow's, Alderfer's, and a proposed reorganization of the two.
Articles, links, text of his Politics 3, more
An exploration of personality; exhibit from The Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection
Educational Tests and
Measurements
Bloom's
Taxonomy
Bloom's Taxonomy as it applies to the development of multiple choice questions.
Designing
and Managing Multiple Choice Questions
A handbook on test development by John Carneson, Georges Delpierre, and Ken Masters. Handbook developed for staff at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
CAT
Examination Development guidelines
From American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Handbook which describes the procedures for writing, evaluating and reworking objective multiple choice test items.
Design of Instruction
Dale's
Cone of Experience
Designing instructional activities which build upon more concrete experiences
Instructional Media
and Technologies for Learning
From Virginia Tech. Modules on instructional design. See Lessons, domain characteristics, learner assessment, Dale's Cone of Experience
Focus on the
Student: Designing Library Instruction for Critical Thinkers
Instructional design learning module by Debra Jones, Cabrillo College.
Educational
Psychology Interactive: Classroom Planning
Systematic planning model; also information on Gronlund's model and Robert Mager's models of writing instructional objectives. Mager's model examined at link writing behavioral objectives.
Research in
Psychology
PsychExps-Psychology
Experiments on the Internet
School Discipline
School
Discipline--Bibliography
Bibliography of works by authors of major discipline models--Curwin & Mendler, Albert, Coloroso, Jones, The Canters, MacKenzie, Mazin, Glasser, Gordon, Kounin, Ginott, Dreikurs.
Developing a plan; seven models of discipline; Canter and Jones Models; lists of rules; more; By Thomas H. Allen
Table which focuses on well known theories of discipline, including Discipline with Dignity, Kids Are Worth It, Cooperative Discipline, Positive Classroom Discipline, Stress-Free Discipline, Reality and Therapy Discipline. Includes program, author, underlying beliefs, main focus, and students' basic needs to be met.
Overview of Discipline with Dignity (Richard Curwin); Positive Comprehensive Behavior Management (Michael Rosenberg); Cooperative Discipline (Linda Albert); Teaching Drug-Exposed Children (Ellie Giles).
Schoolwide and Classroom
Discipline
Review of the research. From Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
From Kentucky Dept. of Education and the Dept. of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling at UK. Includes school safety; discussion forums; behavioral interventions; KY-Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders, behavioral consultation, KY-EBD (Emotional-Behavioral Disability) Technical assistance manual, links.
'99 Survival Guide for
New Teachers. 5 Tips for Effective Discipline
From Missouri State Teachers' Association (MSTA)
The
Honor Level System: Discipline by Design
Developed by Budd Churchward. Includes classroom discipline techniques.
Brief explanation of Dr. William Glasser's Reality Therapy and Choice Therapy
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