1. EDN 203 Midterm (15 points total)
Textbook:
Textbook: Woolfolk, A. (2013). Educational Psychology (13th
ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Even though I could give you a rubric, let me tell you what I
expect. For most answers, they deserve a paragraph. That means
a topic sentence and several support sentences. Correct spelling
and grammar is expected for professionals. I do not need a lot
of quantity but some thought and quality would be appreciated.
Make sure to follow the directions. As always, if you turn this
in on time but make mistakes, you can get the chance to fix it
up after I give you feedback. But let’s save us all time and try
to do well the first time if you can . If you have any questions
please ask.
1. Lectures (4 points): Did you read the lectures? Click on the
links? Watch the videos? This is where you get rewarded. You
can write you answers or draw a picture or clip art or a video or
a poem or animation or however you want to let me know you
learned the following:
a. Learning Styles: Show me 2 ideas you learned about learning
styles. Relate it to what was written on this topic in your
textbook. Then write a couple sentence reflection on how this
will help you in life and with your future job.
b. Diversity: Show me 2 ideas you learned about diversity.
Relate it to what was written on this topic in your textbook.
Then write a couple sentence reflection on how this will help

2. you in life and with your future job.
c. Language: Show me 2 ideas you learned about language.
Relate it to what was written on this topic in your textbook.
Then write a couple sentence reflection on how this will help
you in life and with your future job.
d. Disabilities: Show me 2 ideas you learned about Disabilities.
Relate it to what was written on this topic in your textbook.
Then write a couple sentence reflection on how this will help
you in life and with your future job.
2. Case Study (3 points): Write a case study for yourself to use
to answer the following questions. It can describe a teaching
situation you previously were in, currently are experiencing or
can imagine as a hypothetical situation you will find yourself in
one day. It can be teaching in a school setting or it can be
teaching in another setting such as in a business meeting or
when personal training or when giving therapy. Even a sales
pitch can work! Please choose whatever fits your future
aspirations since there is some sort of teaching in all
occupations. Make sure to describe the setting, the students or
participants, their ages and what you are teaching/selling/doing.
a. So what stage are the students or participants in according to
Piaget? Describe the stage and let me know what that means
about how you teach.
b. So what stage are the students or participants in according to
Erikson? Describe the stage and let me know what that means
about how you teach.
c. What is their zone of proximal development according to
Vygotsky? Describe Vygotsky’s theory and how it pertains to
the teaching/therapy/selling you are doing.

3. 3. Functional Behavioral Assessment (ABC) (3 points): Observe
a class or work situation for 15 minutes. Focus on one person
who has noticeable behavior. Complete an ABC chart briefly
describing the antecedents, behaviors and consequences of the
person’s behavior. Using the information from the text, What is
the function of the person’s behavior? Examples and
descriptions of FBA are on page 274-275. Is it in response to an
antecedent or occurring due to the consequence received? If you
step back and really look at what is happening before and after
most behaviors, you can better able figure out why it is
happening, and more likely to be able to increase or decrease
the behavior.
· Observe 15 minutes
· Fill out the chart or make your own
· Reflect on what you believe is the function of the person’s
behavior.
ABC Analysis
Location:
Date:
Time
Antecedent
Behavior
Consequence
Function

4. 4. Goals (2 points): Describe the goal you set for yourself the
first week of class. It can be the one you wrote for me or a new
one. It can be related to this class or anything else in your life.
You can try to quit smoking or get your significant other to take
out the trash. All behavior is learned so anything you choose
will be fine. You need to learn something new or try to change a
behavior by the final. Describe the situation and analyze the
situations. Then try different techniques in the book such as
behavioral or cognitive strategies to see if you can meet your
goal. This will be a question on the final so please give it some
thought and work on it and collect evidence for it over the next
several weeks.
· What is my individual project?
· Why is this an important area in which to improve? What has
this (problem) cost me?
· How will my life be different when I accomplish this goal
(now, 2years from now, 10 years from now)?
· Why have I not done this successfully before?
· What techniques have I used to accomplish my goal?
· What has been my weekly progress? Please show evidence.
· What other techniques will you try?
5.Presentation (3 points) Chapter 8 has a lot to do with
cognition and is integral to the rest of this course. So it is the

5. chapter I chose for more thorough investigation. I need you to
make a presentation using PowerPoint or Prezi or Glogster or
even MS word or a podcast or video explaining the following
concepts and how they relate you your future teaching or
therapy or business situation.
Describe the more current Information Processing System. Why
is perception and attention important? What is cognitive load,
what are the types and what does that have to do with retention?
Make sure to discuss working memory and long term memory.
The most important part is to describe 3 strategies for
increasing memory and knowledge giving specific examples.
6. Optional: let me know how you are holding up this semester.
Is there anything I can do that would help you learn the material
better? I am open to suggestions.