Syllabus Fall 2024

Class Presentation Slides

Week 2 , Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11

Reading List

Skinner vs. Wheeler (Click to download)

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Ackerman, P. L. (2003). Aptitude complexes and trait complexes. Educational Psychologist, 38, 85-93. (Click to download)

Anderson, L. M., Blumenfeld, P. B., Pintrich, P. R., Clark, C. M., Marx, R. W., & Peterson, P. (1995). Educational psychology for teachers: Reforming our courses, rethinking our roles. Educational Psychologist, 30, 143-157. (Click to download)

Atkinson, J. W. (1957). Motivational determinants of risk taking behavior. Psychological Review, 64, 359-372. (Click to download)

Baker, E. L. (2007). The end(s) of testing. Educational Researcher, 36, 309-317. (Click to download)

Barron, B. (2006). Interest and self-sustained learning as catalysts of development: A learning ecology perspective. Human Development, 49, 193-224. (Click to download)

Brown, A. (1994). The advancement of learning. Educational Researcher, 23(8), 4-12. (Click to download)

Carroll, J. B. (1997). Psychometrics, intelligence, and public perception. Intelligence, 24, 25-52. (Click to download)

Collins, A., Joseph, D., & Bielaczyc, K. (2004). Design research: Theoretical and methodological issues. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 13, 15-42. (Click to download)

Cronbach, L. J. (1975). Beyond the two disciplines of scientific psychology. American Psychologist, 30, 116-127. (Click to download)

Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Beard, K. S. (2015). Theoretically speaking: An interview with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on flow theory development and its usefulness in addressing contemporary challenges in education. Educational Psychology Review, 27, 353-364 (Click to download)

Dai, D. Y. (2012). From smart person to smart design: Cultivating intellectual potential and promoting intellectual growth through design research. In D. Y. Dai (ed.), Design research on learning and thinking in educational settings: Enhancing intellectual growth and functioning (pp. 3-40). New York: Routledge. (Click to download)

Engle, R. A., Lam, D. P., Meyer, X. S., & Nix, S. E. (2012). How does expansive framing promote transfer? Several proposed explanations and a research agenda. Educational Psychologist, 47, 215-231. (Click to download)

Fischer, K. W., & Connell, M. W. (2003). Two motivational systems that shape development: Epistemic and self-organizing. BJEP Monograph Series II 2: Development and Motivation, 103–123. (Click to download)

Gee, J. P. (2007). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. New York: Palgrave/Mamillan. (Click to download)

Gresalfi, M., Barab, S., & Sommerfeld, A.(2012). Intelligent action as a shared accomplishment. In D. Y. Dai (Ed.), Design research on learning and thinking in educational settings: Enhancing intellectual growth and functioning (pp. 41-64). New York: Routledge. (Click to download)

Holton, G. (1981). Thematic presuppositions and the direction of scientific advance. In A. F. Heath (Ed.), Scientific explanation (pp. 1-27). Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. (Click to download)

Iran-Nejad, A., McKeachie, W. J., & Berliner, D. C. (1990). The multisource nature of learning: An introduction. Review of Educational Research, 60, 509-515. (Click to download)

Kirschner, P. A., Sweller, J., & Clark, R. E. (2006). Why minimal guidance during instruction does not work: An analysis of the failure of constructivist, discovery, problem-based, experiential, and inquiry-based teaching. Educational Psychologist, 41, 75-86. (Click to download)

Krajcik, J. S., & Blumenfeld, P. C. (2006). Project-based learning. In R. K. Sawyer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences (pp. 317-333). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (Click to download)                                                              

Lohman, D. F. (1993). Teaching and testing to develop fluid abilities. Educational Researcher, 22(7), 12-23. (Click to download)

Muis, K. R., Psaradellis, C., Lajoie, S. P., De Leo, I. & Chevrier, M. (2015). The role of epistemic emotions in mathematics problem solving. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 42, 172-185. (Click to download)

Rogers, C. (2002). Defining reflection: another look at John Dewey and reflective thinking. Teacher College Record, 104, 842-866. (Click to download)

Schwartz, D. L., Bransford, J. D., & Sears, D. (2005). Efficiency and innovation in transfer. In J. P. Merstre (Ed.), Transfer of learning from a modern multidisciplinary perspective (pp. 1-51). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. (Click to download)

Schön, D. (1983). Schön, D. A. (1983). Reflective practitioner. New York: Basic Books. (Click to download)

Shepard, L. A. (2000). The role of assessment in a learning culture. Educational Researcher, 29(7), 4-14. (Click to download)

Simon, H. A. (1967). Motivational and emotional controls of cognition. Psychological Review, 74, 29-39. (Click to download)

Snow, R. E. (1992). Aptitude theory: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Educational Psychologist, 27, 5-32.     (Click to download)

Tomlinson, S. (1997). Edward Lee Thorndike and John Dewey on the science of education. Oxford Review of Education, 23, 365-383. (Click to download)

Weiner, B. (1992). History of motivational research in education. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 616-622. (Click to download)

Wile, J. M., & Tierney, R. J. (1996). Tensions in assessment: The battle over portfolios, curriculum, and control. In R. C. Calfee & P. Perfumo (Eds.), Writing portfolios in the classroom: Policy and practice, promise and peril (pp. 203-215). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (Click to download)

Wineburg, S. (1998). Reading Abraham Lincoln: An expert/expert study in the interpretation of historical texts. Cognitive Science, 22, 319-346. (Click to download)

Wise, A. F., & O'Neill, K. (2009). Beyond more versus less: A reframing of the debate on instructional guidance. In S. Tobias & T. M. Duffy (Eds.), Constructivist instruction: Success or failure? (pp. 82-105). New York: Routledge. (Click to download)

Zhang, J. (2012). Designing adaptive collaboration structures for advancing the community’s knowledge. In D. Y. Dai (Ed.), Design research on learning and thinking in educational settings: Enhancing intellectual growth and functioning (pp. 201-224). New York: Routledge. (Click to download)