Friendships

Peer/friendship expert Willard Hartup discusses the conditions of friendship, friendship functions, friends as emotional and cognitive resources, peer tutoring, peer modeling, friends and social skills, and friendship and developmental outcomes.
( http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed345854.html )

School-Family Linkages

An outstanding website with discussions of school-family linkages by such leading experts as Joyce Epstein; includes illustrative cases and examples of schools that involve parents, as well as connections to many websites on school-family linkages.
( http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa100.htm )

Children and Divorce

This research-based paper discusses divorce and its associated factors that cause children to have difficulties such as behavior problems, negative self-concepts, and social issues.
( http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/divorce/effects.htm )

Parenting Styles

Extensive links to many parenting topics, including positive parenting, support services for parents, working mothers, and adoption.
( http://www.feminist.com/resources/links/links_fam.html#pa )

Erikson's Theory

Detailed information about Erikson's eight stages of human development is provided.
( http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/erikson.html )

The Jean Piaget Society

Provides a biography of Piaget and presentations from the Jean Piaget Society Annual Symposium from 1995 to the present.
( http://www.piaget.org/ )

Piaget's Stages

Covers Piaget's four stages - sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.
( http://www.eagle2.american.edu/~gb3107a/piaget.htm )

Symbolic Thinking

Examines young children's symbolic thinking during the early childhood years.
( http://www.ctw.org/parents/advice/article/0,4125,740,00.html )

Challenges to Piaget

Interviews with leading developmental psychology researchers such as Susan Gelman, Andrew Meltzoff, and Alison Gopnik discuss recent theory and research that challenge some of Piaget's ideas.
( http://www.dadi.org/theoryx2.htm )

Piaget and Constructivism

Extensive discussion of Piaget's theory in terms of its constructivist approach
( http://www.oikos.org/Piagethom.htm )

Scaffolding

Read about the application of scaffolding to learning and the Internet, scaffolding and Vygotsky's theory, and constructivist exercises.
( http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffolding.html )

Cognitive Apprenticeship

Evaluates the importance of using a cognitive apprenticeship approach in classroom instruction. Includes applications to industrial and technical education.
( http://borg.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v33n3/duncan.html )

Vygotsky on Language and Thought

Examines Vygotsky's main ideas about developmental changes in language and thought. Includes information about word meaning and implications for instruction. Links to related sites.
( http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/words/ )

Vygotsky's Theory

Offers a basic overview of Vygotsky's social cognitive theory of development.
( http://www.funderstanding.com/vygotsky.cfm )

The Development of Language and Parenting

Describes a number of helpful strategies parents and other adults can use to guide children's language development.
( http://babyparenting.about.com/cs/learninglanguage/ )

Language Learning

Discusses how to interact with children to facilitate their language learning.
( http://members.tripod.com/Caroline_Bowen/devel1.htm )

Language and Literacy Development

Excellent ideas for helping children learn language at different points in development.
( http://www.asha.org/speech/development/lang_lit.cfm )

Behavioral Approaches

Bill Huitt's behavioral system website with information about classical conditioning, and application of a behavior modification program in a classroom, as well as related Internet sites.
( http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/behsys/behsys.html )

Classical Conditioning

Provides an overview of classical conditioning concepts and gives examples of circumstances in which classical conditioning is occurring.
( http://brembs.net/classical )

Ivan Pavlov

Description of his ideas and life.
( http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/misc/pavlov.html )

Thorndike Connections

An overview of Thorndike's view of learning with information about the law or effect and other aspects of learning.
( http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/thorn.html )

Skinner's Operant Conditioning

An overview of Skinner's ideas about operant conditioning; includes a videoclip of Skinner discussing operant conditioning. Provides links to related websites.
( http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/skinner.html )

Positive Reinforcement

This self-instructional exercise takes you through a definition of positive reinforcement and a number of illustrative examples, then quizzes you about your knowledge of positive reinforcement.
( http://server.bmod.athabascau.ca/html/prtut/reinpair.htm )

Stimulus Control of Operant Behavior

Schedules of Reinforcement

Overview of operant conditioning. Lots of examples of schedules of reinforcement are given; you will be able to check your understanding of the different types of schedules.
( http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/behsys/operant.html )

Albert Bandura

Read about Bandura's theory, research, and background.
( http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/bandurabio.html )

Self-Efficacy

An extensive description of a wide range of topics related to self-efficacy.
( http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/effpage.html#info )

Self-Regulatory Learning

The full-text article "Feedback and Self-Regulated Learning: A Theoretical Synthesis" from Review of Educational Research (1995) explores many aspects of self-regulatory learning.
( http://www.valdosta.edu/~whuitt/psy702/files/selfreg.html )

Memory Links

Lots of good links to information about memory, including memory and computers, how and why people remember, forgetting, and memory games to play with children.
( http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/links.html )

Levels of Processing

Explores Craik and Lockhart's levels of processing theory, including an application to reading and language learning.
( http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/craik.html )

Short-Term Memory

Explore numerous online games and activities that test short-term memory; also includes memory tricks and techniques.
( http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html )

Exploring Memory Models

Includes discussion of different cognitive views and links to information about Paivio's views on imagery, Craik and Lockhart's levels of processing theory, John Anderson's views on declarative, procedural, and working memory, as well as other models.
( http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/memory.html )

Baddeley's Research

Explore Working Memory

Links to several research papers regarding working memory and related topics.
( http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Miyake_Shah_99.html )

Schemas

Read about schemas and many other aspects of memory.
( http://library.thinkquest.org/~C0110291/science/factors/index.php )

Forgetting

Explore some of the views about why people forget.
( http://library.thinkquest.org/~C0110291/science/forget/index.php )

How Experts Differ from Novices

Leading experts describe the main differences in the way experts and novices learn, remember, and process information. An excellent chapter on this topic.
( http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ch2.html )

Metacognition Links

Extensive links to many websites with information about a wide range of metacognition topics.
( http://snow.utoronto.ca/Learn2/resources/metalinks.html )

Theories of Intelligence/Intelligence Testing

An outstanding site for exploring information about a number of theories of intelligence and the nature of intelligence tests. Provides excellent historical discussions and examination of contemporary issues involving intelligence.
( http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/index.html )

Mental Measurements Yearbook

The website of the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, which publishes the Mental Measurements Yearbook, an extensive description and evaluation of tests in many areas. You can learn more about tests in areas such as achievement, intelligence, personality, vocations, English, and mathematics.
( http://www.unl.edu/buros )

Alfred Binet

Includes a biography of Binet and citations of his work.
( http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/binet.html )

David Wechsler

Learn more about David Wechsler's career and his creation of the Wechsler Scales of Intelligence.
( http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/wechsler.html )

Sternberg's Theory

Consists of an article, "What Is 'successful' intelligence?", written by Sternberg. Discusses educational applications of his theory.
( http://www.edweek.com/ew/vol-16/11stern.h16 )

Robert J. Sternberg

This website profiles Robert J. Sternberg's career and his views on intelligence.
( http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/sternberg.html )

Multiple Intelligences Links

Extensive links to websites with information about Gardner's multiple intelligences view, including how technology can be used to enhance the eight intelligences, a multiple intelligences bookshelf, and Gardner's personal website.
( http://www.angelfire.com/oh/themidas/links.html )

Exploring Critical Thinking

Extensive links to information about critical thinking, including a brief history of the concept, recommended readings, basic questions and answers, and many critical thinking resources.
( http://www.umsl.edu/~klein/Critical_Thinking.html )

Critical Thinking Resources

Extensive links to information about critical thinking, including a brief history of the concept, recommended readings, basic questions and answers, and many critical thinking resources for teachers.
( http://www.criticalthinking.org/K12/k12class/trc.html )

Effective Decision Making

An interactive website with techniques to help you make effective decisions. The tools enable you to map out the likely consequences of decisions, work out the importance of individual factors, and choose the best course of action to take.
( http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TED.htm )

Csikzentamhihalyi's Ideas

This article by Csikzentmihalyi presents his thoughts on education.
( http://www.newhorizons.org/future/Creating_the_Future/crfut_csikszent.html )

Heuristics

Describes a set of heuristics that are intended to encourage a person's creativity and problem solving abilities.
( http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/Heuristics.html )

Problem-based Learning

This extensive website features an online problem-based learning tutorial, model problems, and an outline for developing a unit of instruction.
( http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/problem.html )

Constructivist Learning & Teaching

Constructivism

Explores a number of constructivist approaches, including Bruner, Piaget, and Vygotsky
( http://www.education.indiana.edu/~p540/webcourse/construct.html )

Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist

Link to the Vygotsky Centennial Project. Includes links to several papers evaluating Vygotsky and his work, as well as background information.
( http://www.massey.ac.nz/~ALock/virtual/project2.htm )

Vygotsky Links

Includes a number of websites with information about Vygotsky, including Vygotsky and education, Piaget and Vygotsky, and Vygotsky's distinctions between higher and lower mental functions, and the zone of proximal development.
( http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/chp.html )

Situated Cognition

Examines basic aspects of situated cognition, situated knowledge, authentic learning, cognitive apprenticeship, and research challenges.
( http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/lave.html )

Scaffolding

Explores scaffolding, its application to learning and the Internet, scaffolding and Vygotsky's theory, and constructivist exercises.
( http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffolding.html )

Cognitive Apprenticeship

Evaluates the importance of using a cognitive apprenticeship approach in classroom instruction; includes applications to industrial and technical teacher education.
( http://borg.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v33n3/duncan.html )

Cooperative Learning Research

Explores what we know and need to know about cooperative learning and achievement; includes information about different perspectives on cooperative learning.
( http://education.umn.edu/research/ResearchWorks/coop-learning.htm )

Cooperative Learning Abstracts

Presents abstracts of papers on a wide array of cooperative learning topics.
( http://www.valdosta.edu/~whuitt/psy702/bibliog/cooplrng.anb )

Maslow's Theory and Education

This will also connect you to the Search ERIC Database. Type in the words "Maslow's Theory" and you will be able to explore information about the applications of Maslow's ideas to education and children's learning.
( http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/index.html )

Self-Actualization

Excerpt from Toward a Psychology of Being (1968) in which Maslow redefines self-actualization as episodic.
( http://www.wynja.com/personality/sadef.html )

Intrinsic Motivation

This connects you with the Search ERIC Database. Type in the words "intrinsic motivation" and you will be able to read about such topics as individualistic vs. competitive participation, effects on intrinsic motivation, the impact of teaching strategies on intrinsic motivation, and many others.
( http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/index.html )

Mastery Motivation

This takes you to the Search ERIC Database. Type in the words "mastery motivation" and you will be able to read about many aspects of this topic, including supporting the development of mastery in the early childhood classroom, developmental differences in mastery motivation, and mastery motivation and cognitive development.
( http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/index.html )

Self-Efficacy

Frank Pajares's website with articles on such topics as self-efficacy, motivation and math performance, current directions in self-efficacy research, strategies for inviting students to engage in self-efficacy, and students' perceptions of good teaching.
( http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/publications.html )

Self-Efficacy Resources

Evaluates what self-efficacy is, has extensive links to other websites that focus on self-efficacy, examines Bandura's ideas, and explores how self-efficacy can be assessed.
( http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/effpage.html )

Teacher Expectations and Students' Motivation

Examine the power of teachers' expectations in students' motivation and the factors that contribute to such expectations.
( http://www.mcrel.org/products/noteworthy/noteworthy/loycec.asp )

Contextual Supports for Motivation

Explore many aspects of motivating students to learn, especially ways to structure contextual support for motivation. Emphasizes learner-centered principles and self-regulatory skills.
( http://www.mcrel.org/products/noteworthy/noteworthy/barbaram.asp )

Integrating Assessment and Learning

Explore why assessment should be based on a vision of learning; includes a discussion of some important trends in testing and assessment with school-based examples.
( http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/rpl_esys/assess.htm )

Rethinking Assessment and Educational Reform

Examine how many educators are rethinking assessment and its role in educating students; includes links to assessment experts' comments about many aspects of assessment and learning.
( http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as700.htm )

Assessment and Issues in School Reform

Strategies for creating better assessments, what research says about student assessment, and performance-based testing are among the topics of the U.S. Department of Education-funded website.
( http://www.ed.gov/pubs/IASA/newsletters/assess )

Exploring Issues in Assessment

Explore strategies for ensuring equity with alternative assessments, reporting assessment results, assessing young children's progress, and additional resources.
( http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/as0cont.htm )

Research and Assessment

Explore the purposes of assessment, traditional test, characteristics of good assessment, findings from cognitive psychology, trends in assessment, equity and assessment, and a checklist for excellence in assessment.
( http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/stw_esys/4assess.htm )

Alternative Assessments

Extensive connections to websites on many aspects of alternative assessments and other aspects of assessment, including computer-assisted testing, fairness in testing, goals and standards, and other topics.
( http://ericae.net/intboda.htm )

Authentic Assessments

Read about authentic assessment and other aspects of alternative assessments including portfolios; weblinks to many assessment topics.
( http://teacherpathfinder.org/School/Assess/assessmt.html )

Oral Communication Assessments

The State of Performance Assessments