Examines a variety of cognitive, affective, and social factors associated with academic performance in college.
Major emphasis is placed on applications to learning and college success.
Focuses on selected research findings and theoretical principles on learning and individual differences. Considers relationships of this body of information to learning and performance in a variety of contexts. Reviews and analyzes principles, research findings, coping models, as well as personal and situational factors associated with coping and adaptational processes in a variety of life circumstances. Examination of the ways in which psychological principles can be applied to the planning and implementation of meaningful instruction in elementary and secondary classrooms. Introduction to the physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of children in the preschool and elementary grades with implicationsfor instruction that matches developmental abilities and cultural background of students.