Psychology in Learning and Instruction

Theory component

After completing Part A of this component the student is able to:

-  understand how people learn to read

-   understand how people learn mathematics

-  understand how people learn science

-   understand how people (learn to) regulate their own learning process 

-  understand how information is best stored in and retrieved from memory

-   understand how individual differences affect the learning procses

After completing Part B of this component the student is able to:

-  understand how instructional theories are rooted in behavioural, cognitive, and (social) constructivist approaches to learning 

-   understand the characteristics and effectiveness of expository forms of instruction 

-   understand the characteristics and effectiveness of collaborative methods of instruction 

-   understand the characteristics and effectiveness of authentic forms of instruction 

-   understand the characteristics and effectiveness of inquiry-based instruction 

-   understand the conditions for effective learning and instruction 

-   understand the role and application of assessment in learning and instruction

Skills lab component

After completing Part A of this component the student is able to:

-  know the purpose and application of psychological research methods and techniques in education.

-  understand how the choice of psychological research methods and techniques depends on the researcher’s questions and hypotheses

-  understand how observations, log files, and student products can be used to investigate learning processes and learning outcomes

-  prepare, conduct, and report on a structured observation to measure classroom management skills

-  prepare, conduct, and report on log file analysis to measure learning processes   prepare, conduct, and report on artefact coding to measure learning outcomes

After completing Part B of this component the student is able to:

-  understand the role and performance of basis didactical skills (e.g., explaining, questioning, giving feedback) in instruction.

-  understand the role and importance of classroom management skills in delivering an effective instruction

-  design a lesson plan in preparation of a 15-minute instruction designed according to one of the instructional theories addressed in Part B of the theoretical component of this module

-  apply didactical and classroom management skills in delivering this instruction to a smallgroup of learners

-  analyse your own performance in this teaching-learning process through reflection

Project

After completing the project the student is able to:

-  formulate learning goals and to make reasoned choices for instructional design theories to reach these goals

-  transform goals and theories systematically into a design and prototype of an interactive learning environment

-  perform and report on a small formative evaluation of the prototype   cope with the difficulties in management of, and communication within a cooperative design project