Course Educational Psychology

Book: Woolfolk Anita. (2013) Educational Psychology 12th edition

1- Give classroom-related examples of how teacher attention can increase a particular desirable student behavior and an undesirable student behavior.

2- What can teachers do to support and encourage creativity in the classroom?

3- Annie, a fifth-grade student in Mr. Baer's class, is being quiet and sullen for the fifth day in a row. "I just can't do this writing stuff," she finally says in an appeal to Mr. Baer. "I'm not a good student. Give me P.E. or art over this stuff any day!"

a)How does Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory help us to understand Annie's comment "I just can't do this writing stuff"?

4-Describe the steps or stages that children go through in the process of developing language. Include reference to the different ways that children use words and sentences in these stages.

5- . Discuss major findings from learning styles research regarding Hispanic, African-American, and Native American students. Specifically, what types of learning styles appear dominant or more common for each of these groups?

6- What is functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and how would a teacher use FBA?