Applied Learning and Development

Applied Learning and Development: ALD

Upper-Division Courses

320. Cognition, Human Learning, and Motivation.

Current and classical theories concerning conditioning paradigms, learning and remembering, attention, knowledge representation and retrieval, comprehension and production of language, problem solving, and the ways emotion influences learning. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.

321. Play in Early Childhood Development.

Theoretical and empirical bases for observing children in play; cognitive, social, and communicative stages related to developmental theory; children's adjustment related to social and emotional theories; motivational value of play. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with fieldwork to be arranged. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.

322. Individual Differences.

Differences in the extreme ranges of human behavior; examination of deviancies from the norm such as mental retardation, learning disability, and giftedness. Review of related legal and ethical issues. Required for certification in generic special education. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.

323. Language Acquisition.

Language structure; sequence, process, cognitive and social aspects of language acquisition and use; language variation. Required for certification in early childhood education. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.

324. Literacy Acquisition.

Processes of becoming literate; cognitive insights that move a child to literacy; relationships between reading and writing and among individual characteristics, social factors, and literacy growth. This course or Psychology 338K is required for the reading specialization. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.

325. Second Language Acquisition.

Acquisition by children or adults of English as a second language. Simultaneous acquisition of two languages, adding a second language, language processing, order of acquisition, role of the first language. Required for certification in bilingual education. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.

326. Language of the Exceptional Child.

Physiological, prelinguistic, and linguistic components of language; theoretical framework of communication and language development; problems of language development in special populations, including gifted, talented, and bilingual children; language assessment tools. Required for certification in generic special education. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.

327. Sociocultural Influences on Learning.

Human learning in multisocial, multilingual, and multicultural contexts; realities of society and their impact on learning; social concerns such as prejudice, stereotyping, cross-cultural attitudes, bilingual issues, parent and community involvement. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.

328. Applied Human Learning.

Development, cognition, language, and sociocultural influences in learning contexts; child assessment, identification of learning styles, and tests and measurements. Fieldwork to provide a theoretical basis for professional assessment, referral, and placement. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with fieldwork to be arranged. Prerequisite: Admission to the professional development sequence of the Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning and Development degree program.

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