Psych 133F Syllabus Spring 2009 - Courses in Psychology - UCLA

April15//AnalyzingaJapaneseLessonCross‐culturalcomparisonsofteachingareapowerfulwaytobringculturalroutinestoawareness.WewillanalyzeaJapanesemathematicslesson.• Stigler,J.W.andHiebert,J.(1998).Teachingisaculturalactivity.AmericanEducator,22(4),4‐11;43‐45.• Stigler,J.W.&Hiebert,J.(2004).Improvingmathematicsteaching.EducationalLeadership,61(5),12‐17.III.LearningintheClassroomApril17//SocializationtoSchoolinUSandJapanDifferentsocietiesusedifferentmeansofsocializingstudentsintoschool.Theresult:studentscometoschoolwithdifferentexpectationsanddifferentdispositions.• Peak,L.(1989).Learningtobecomepartofthegroup:TheJapanesechild’stransitiontopreschoollife.JournalofJapaneseStudies,15,93‐123.• Hess,R.D.&Azuma,H.(1991).CulturalSupportforSchooling:ContrastsBetweenJapanandtheUnitedStates.EducationalResearcher,20(9),2‐8;12.April22//DesigningExperiencestoPromoteLearning(lecture:JeriLittle)[***FirstPaperDue***]Studentscreatemeaningfromclassroomexperiences.Howtheyrepresentandlearnfromtheseexperiencesisdeterminedinpartbythewayteachersdesignthem,inpartbythebeliefsanddispositionsstudentsbringtothetask,andinpartbythelearninggoalsthatguidebothteachersandstudents.• Bjork,R.A.(1994).Memoryandmetamemoryconsiderationsinthetrainingofhumanbeings.InJ.Metcalfe&A.Shimamura(Eds.),Metacognition:Knowingaboutknowing.(pp.185‐205).Cambridge,MA:MITPress.• McDaniel,M.A.,Anderson,J.L.,Derbish,M.H.,&Morrisette,N.(2007).Testingthetestingeffectintheclassroom.TheEuropeanJournalofCognitivePsychology,19,4(5),494‐513.April24//LearningintheClassroomI• Erlwanger,S.(1975).Benny’sconceptionofanswersandrulesinmathematics.JournalofChildren’sMathematicalBehavior,1(3),200‐232.• Richland,L.E.,Zur,O.,&Holyoak,K.J.(2007).Cognitivesupportsforanalogiesinthemathematicsclassroom.Science,316,1128‐1129.• Hatano,G.&Inagaki,K.(1986).Twocoursesofexpertise.InH.W.Stevenson,H.Azuma&K.Hakuta(Eds.)ChilddevelopmentandeducationinJapan.NY:WHFreeman.April29//LearningintheClassroomII• Goldin‐Meadow,S.&Wagner,S.M.(2005).Howourhandshelpuslearn.TrendsinCognitiveSciences,9(5),234‐241.• Phelps,F.G.,Doherty‐Sneddon,G.,&Warnock,H.(2006).Helpingchildrenthink:Gazeaversionandteaching.BritishJournalofDevelopmentalPsychology,24(3),577‐588.• Rowe,M.B.(1986).Waittime:Slowingdownmaybeawayofspeedingup!Journalofteacher[Psych 133F Page 3]