For the final paper, you will be asked to write a paper that is approximately 12-15 pages in length (double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt font, one inch margins).
A Review Paper on Teachers’ Beliefs About How Students Learn: An Integrative Review of the Impact of Teaching Philosophies on Students’ Learning Outcomes. This is a comprehensive paper summarizing, reviewing,
and critiquing Teachers’ Beliefs About How Students Learn: An Integrative Review of the Impact of Teaching Philosophies on Students’ Learning Outcomes.
This would involve exploring a particular issue in greater depth. The paper would summarize and introduce the concept under study, highlight the main issues in the field, and present contrasting points of view or debates. It would require synthesizing, interpreting, and evaluating the additional articles on the selected topic. In the paper’s conclusion, you could apply relevant issues to a real-world context, extend the topic to a new setting, and/or recommend future directions or avenues for research.
This paper will provide an opportunity for you to apply one or more educational psychology concepts or theories from the course for the purposes of evaluating a real-world context.
This paper would involve reviewing a selected topic from the course or related to the course material, such as those involving the application of educational psychology theory for practice.
Next, you would present a description of the context or the developed program that is the focus of evaluation. The body of the paper discussion will involve drawing connections between the features of your program and the selected educational psychology topics/theories for understanding student learning.
The paper discussion should close with evaluations of the strengths and limitations of the application (given the theory’s assumptions and key principles) and recommend modifications to the existing program in light of your theoretical review and applied theory/concepts.
The references should be from psychological or educational journals or edited books. You may find the following journals particularly useful (although feel free to use other journals as well): Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Educational Psychology Review, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Contemporary Educational Psychologist, American Psychologist, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and The Elementary School Journal. I also recommend looking at recent edited book chapters. Edited books and handbooks often provide good overviews of a particular topic.
General Instructions for Written Assignments
a. All written work must be typed, formatted with 1-inch margins, double-spaced, using 12-point font, with pages numbered and submitted electronically.
b. Style: All papers should use APA style.
c. All papers must be clear and well organized. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and usage play important role in communicating your thinking (see APA editorial guidelines).
d. Avoid use of quotes, and instead interpret and explain in your own words within your writing.