This is a link to my blog that I created while taking an educational psychology course. 

This connects to standard 2A) understands theories and philosophies of learning and human development as they relate to the range of students in the classroom; because throughout this class I gained knowledge about a wide variety of theories about the psychology behind teaching and how students learn.

When taking this class, I learned about different theories of child development (Vygotsky and Piaget), physical and social development of children, intelligence (Sternberg and Gardner), learning differences and strategies, and self-efficacy, just to name a few things. Something else that I learned from this class and making this blog is a strategy called INCLUDE for teaching students with disabilities. This strategy was created by Marilyn Friend and William Bursuck. The acronym stands for: Identify the environmental, curricular, and instructional demands of your classroom; Note students learning strengths and needs; Check for potential areas of student success; Look for potential problem areas; Use information gathered to brainstorm instructional adaptations; Decide which adaptations to try; and Evaluate student progress.