This week we are finishing up our chapters on cognition with 2 chapters that are heavy on the practical application side of things and a bit less heavy on the theory jargon (although there is still some:-) I always find these chapters a bit easier to comprehend given this and I hope you do also. Self-regulation and cooperative learning are probably 2 of the topics that I would say have a multitude of empirical research support. Modeling and reciprocal teaching have also frequently been studied in teaching reading among other subjects. Cognitive apprenticeships and situated cognition theory in their current form are somewhat new to the scene but empirical research also exists in these areas.

For our classroom session this week I have 2 lecture choices from the library that you might be interested in to further your understanding of the text chapters and expand on related topics. The first lecture is on Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulation with a dash of Motivation thrown in. The second lecture contains an overview of situated cognition theory - a close cousin to the cognitive apprenticeship ideas mentioned in Chapter 14. All or parts of these lectures supplement material in your text. Remember as you listen that you can use the real player controls to fast forward or stop the lecture whenever you want. The lectures and the lecture notes are in the training materials section this week.

Please review the objectives for this week and read your text carefully with these in mind.

Session Activities

• Listen to any lectures you might find interesting and take notes as you go.
• Complete the Chapter Six Quiz for Ormrod. You will have 150 minutes for this quiz. You may go directly into theeLearning systemor read the directions first.
• Complete the Chapter Fourteen Quiz for Ormrod. You will have 150 minutes for this quiz. You may go directly into theeLearning systemor read the directions first.

Reading/Research

There are a multitude of web resources available on the topics covered in this week's chapters. A few of these are listed below. Feel free to peruse at your leisure to assist in your understanding of these topics or expand on your current knowledge.

• Keller's ARCS Model:
  • Attention
  • Relevance
  • Confidence
  • Satisfaction

• Constructivism Site at University of Colorado, Denver (click on the corollary sites link to view lots of links on the range of constructivist views - all the links at the top go to many, many more lists of links to choose from)
• Classroom Compass: Constructivism (examples for mathematics)
• Constructivism in practice: the case for meaning-making in the virtual world (an interesting dissertation on-line)

APA Tidbits

The APA tidbit selected for review this week is the reference entry for electronic media. Some of you may have had a challenge to find a format example in the APA manual that had a good fit with the item you wanted to include in your reference list.

At a minimum, reference to an Internet source should provide a document title or description, a date, and an address. Whenever possible, identify the authors of the document as well. The URL is the most critical element. If it doesn’t work, readers cannot find the cited material.

The majority of documents retrieved from online publications in psychology and the behavioral sciences are exact duplicates of the print versions. For these, use the same reference format as for a print document, but if you viewed it only in the electronic form add in brackets after the article title [Electronic version]. If you have reason to believe the electronic version has additional information or has been changed from the print version, add the date you retrieved it and the URL.

The retrieval statement is specified and varies only for a few items: 

Retrieved October 25, 2002, from http://jbr.org/articles.html

Do not add a period at the end of the URL even though it ends the reference entry. For specific directions and examples of constructing references to electronic documents, review pages 271-281 of the APA manual.

Session Activities

None

This week we are looking slightly forward to your next application project for our next unit on Motivation. This project is the Motivation Case Study. As an introduction to this project read the description using the following link

• Motivation Case Study

Session Activities

• Continue work on your ABA Project
• Complete concept map and email me your URL.

• Email your Director;
• Email the Mentor;
• Email other interns.
• Refer to the Course FAQ.

Review Your Training Checklist
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