Educational Psychology

Chapter 1 Learning Goals

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

Discuss how the knowledge of expert teachers differs from non-expert teachers.
Discuss in what ways expert teachers are efficient.
Describe what it means to have creative insight.
Discuss the characteristics of expert teachers.
Discuss the characteristics of expert students.
Describe how expert students use effective learning strategies.
Discuss how having high aspirations helps expert students.
Describe perceived self-efficacy, and how it affects students.
Describe the importance of pursuing a task to completion.
Discuss how expert students take responsibility for self and actions.
Describe the expert student's ability to delay gratification.
Discuss the implications of expertise in teaching and learning.