Educational Psychology

Course Contract

This assignment should be completed on your blog before our second class session.

List 2-3 specific goals you have for this course.

1. Get the blog thing down, so I stop stressing out.

2. Learn at least three things that I can take away from the class, to us in my career as a teacher.

Describe your weekly preparation plan. Be specific. What will you do each day of the week to prepare for this course. You may want to use this time management tool to help you get organized. I also strongly recommend that you use an online calendar/task list such as Google Calendar to organize your time and assignments.

1. Use a planner.

2. Stay organized.

3. Do assignments as soon as they are assigned.

4. Don't procrastinate.

Outline the study strategies that you will use to understand the material. You planned your time in the previous question, now how will you prepare? This link includes some things to think about.

1. Stay up on the readings.

2. answer all chapter question.

3. Make flashcards.

4. Study groups.

Explain the process you will follow if you do not understand a topic. The Goals page on our class website offers some suggestions. The Internet and other resources are available for you to use on everything except closed-book examinations.

1. Write out the question, then look up answer.

2. Ask study group, or class members any questions for help.

3. Ask the professor.

Complete the following statement:

I will reach my goals in this course by... (your response should be a statement rather than a date! It should summarize everything above.)

I will reach my goals in this course by, attending all classes, due 100% of all given assignments, stay up with the class the best I can, pay attention to all presentations, use study group as much as possible and ask Dr. Cox any and all questions to topics I do not understand.