Welcome to the homepage for Developmental Educational Psychology (PSY 1800). Below you will find links to the class lecture notes, syllabus, and other helpful web sites. If you have any questions, please let me know immediately.

Lecture Notes

1. Ch 1. Developmental Overview
2. Ch 2. Research with Children
3. Ch 4. Physical Development
4. Ch 6. Cognitive Development: Vygotsky
5. Ch 6. Cognitive Development: Piaget
6. Ch 7. Cognitive Processes
7. Ch 8. Intelligence
   1. Multiple Intelligence Survey
   2. Multiple Intelligence Theory Applied to the Classroom
8. Review for Midterm Exam
9. Ch 9. Language Development
10. Behaviorism
11. Ch 10. Development in Content Domains
12. Ch 13. Moral Development
13. Ch 13. Development of Motivation
14. Instructional Strategies
15. Ch 12. Development of Self
16. Comprehensive Exam Review

Syllabus: PSY 1800 Fall 2009 (in-class)

Lab Assignments

1. Lab #1
   1. Option A: Theories of Development & Educational Psychology Research
   2. Option B: Using Research to Understand Children & Adolescence
2. Lab #2
   1. Option A: Cognitive Development in Education
   2. Option B: Cognitive Processes in the Elementary Classroom
3. Lab #3: Behaviorism in the Classroom
4. Lab #4
   1. Option A: The Development of Content Domains
   2. Option B: Motivation and Moral Development in the Classroom
5. Lab #5: Classroom Observation of Instructional Strategies

Useful Links for this Class

1. McDevitt & Ormrod Textbook Web site (http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_mcdevitt_childdevel_3/0,11871,3127960-,00.html)
2. A List of Denver Public Schools (http://schoolforms.dpsk12.org/schoollist/)
3. Directory of Cherry Creek Schools (http://www.ccsd.k12.co.us/schools/schools.html)
4. Directory of Schools in Jefferson County School District (http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/ss/dir/schoollisting.pdf)
5. Directory of Elementary Schools in Douglas County School District (http://www.dcsdk12.org/portal/page/portal/DCSD/Schools/Elementary_Schools)
6. Profiles of Elementary Schools in Boulder County School District (http://www.bvsd.org/Elementary/default.aspx)
7. Auraria Early Learning Center: http://www.tivoli.org/earlylearning/index.html
8. Lesson Plans for Nutrition and Physical Education
   1. The Educator's Reference Desk
   2. The Teacher's Corner
   3. Good Enough to Eat