Educational Psychology

Chapter 4 Learning Goals

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1.Describe the importance to teachers of understanding individual differences.
2.Compare and contrast the psychometric theories and contemporary systems theories of intelligence, and evaluate them for their implications for teaching.
3.Discuss the heritability and the modifiability of intelligence.
3.Describe various ability-grouping strategies.
Compare cognitive styles with learning styles.
Describe the various learning styles discussed in the text.
Describe creativity and the various approaches to understanding creativity