Week 5 Reflection

Learning Resources

Required Resources

• Course Text: Educational Psychology
  
  
• • Chapter 12, "Motivation in Learning and Teaching" (pp. 428-467)
  • Chapter 15, "Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing" (pp. 546-585)
    
    
• Web article: NAEYC Position Statement: Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation "Assessment of Young Children" (pp. 2 – 3) http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

Optional Resources

• Web article: Intrinsic Motivation
  http://education.purduecal.edu/Vockell/EdPsyBook/Edpsy5/edpsy5_intrinsic.htm
  
  
• Web article: Intrinsic Motivation Doesn't Exist, Researcher Says
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050509173611.htm
  
  
• Web article: Extrinsic Motivation
  http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/extrinsic_motivation.htm

Reflection

During this course, you have had an opportunity to learn about many aspects of educational psychology and to consider the perspective that educational psychology brings to understanding both effective teaching and the ways children learn.

Reflect on your learning throughout this course. Given your new knowledge and insights, describe the following:

• Two insights you have gained from your study of educational psychology about effective teaching and the ways children learn
• The topic or topics discussed in this course that you found the most interesting and/or challenging and why
• At least one topic you would like to learn more about and why

Assignment length: 2 pages