This assignment requires that you complete a 5-6 page pager, double spaced, APA format. Be sure that your name appears on the paper (I suggest you put it in the header of the paper). Remember, spelling, grammar, etc. count. This assignment will be turned in to the professor as an attachment to email. Do not cut and paste your paper onto the email message - make it an attachment. Page limit is 5-6 pages.
Response Guidelines:
Evaluate this case study using a compare and contrast method. Read the case study and then determine what you would have done if you were a behaviorist and what you would have done if you were a cognitivist. You need not use a specific theory when evaluating this case. What you really need to consider is more of a big picture idea of the similarities and differences that a behaviorist and cognitivist would use in helping Jack Shaw solve his students problems with history. Do not get sidetracked by the administrative and departmental undercurrents in the case study, they should not be a part of your answer.
This case was taken from: Jackson, D. L., & Ormrod, J. E. (1998). Case Studies: Applying Educational Psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
Choose a weekly topic from the syllabus, including the journal article.
Facilitate the discussion for that week This will include, but not be limited to:
* Posting the lead off question no earlier than Tuesday morning (Previous week's discussion ends on Monday night.)
* Keeping the conversation going and on track
* Posting questions, as needed, to explore the subject in depth
* Moderating the discussion to ensure that everyone participates
* Grading everyone's participation according to the rubric (found in the Grading section of this syllabus) and submitting those grades to the instructor, electronically as an Email attachment, not later than the Thursday following the discussion week (this is 10 days after posting your first question). Use the Excel Spreadsheet, found on the class Blackboard, on the Assignments page, to log and record the grades, or use the hyperlinks below to download the gradesheet. These grades will only be seen by the instructor, and he will use them to corroborate his observations of that week's discussion participation.
This assignment is a collaborative project of the students' choosing. The project consists of two parts, a presentation and a final paper. For the project the collaborative teams will choose a topic on which to conduct a block of lessons in a typical school and choose a theoy of learning that will be the foundation for these lessons. Both the theory of learning and the topic to be taught will be approved by the instructor prior to undertaking the project.
Presentation
The presentation will take place during the last class period and will consist of:
* An overall explanation of the project and why it was chosen
* An explanation of why the particular theory of learning was chosen
* A systematic explanation of how the learning theory fit in the actual development of the lesson
* How the learning theory guided the development of the lesson
* The students' perception of the usefulness of this project
The presentation will be made using educational technology and a software presentation program of the project team's own choosing.
Each member of the project team will have a speaking role in the presentation.
The presentation should last 20-25 minutes.
The presentation will be graded using a presentation rubric.
Paper
In addition to the final presentation a final paper is required. This final paper will cover all of the points listed above, for the presentation, but in more detail/depth. The paper will be in American Psychological Association (APA) format. All pages will be double spaced. If the project team determines that they would like to submit a team paper then the length of the paper will be18-20 pages. If individual papers are chosen, the length will be 14-16 pages. (Paper length is determined by the body of the paper and does not include the title page, the abstract page, the reference page, or any appendices that are included in the paper.)
The paper must include:
* The title page will contain the title of your topic, the course number and semester, a listing of the team member(s) and date.
* Abstract page. Abstract should be 100-150 words long.
* Body of the paper.
* Reference page. You must have a minimum of five original references for your paper (these are references that are in addition to the required texts and the assigned readings). These references may be electronic (such as from the WWW), paper (such as journal articles), or conference proceedings/presentations. All must conform to appropriate APA format.
* Appendices are optional and not required. However, if you use charts and tables, these should be appendices and not included as part of the body of the paper.
Paper Format
* Margins for all pages are 1" on all sides
* Pages should be numbered, beginning with the title page. Page numbers should be located in the upper right hand corner of each page, 1" from the edge.
* You are not required to have a Running Head or Page Headers.
* Font
o Times New Roman 12 point for the body
o Times New Roman 14 point for headers/section titles
o Times New Roman 16 point for Title of paper/cover page
* All information on the title page should be centered on the page.
* All citations will be done in APA format.
* Reference page will included only the references cited in the body of the paper
* References must be listed in APA (American Psychological Association) format.