Study Tools for your Learning Test

Your unit test on Learning Theory will take place on Wednesday, December 17th. In order to help you prepare, you have tons of tools at your disposal! Including:

• Tuesday's Study Session (4-7 PM) - Note the extended time frame for those hoping to attend funeral/wake events.
• Quizlet Flashcards - remember, you'll want to be prepared to write about each one of these, not just recognize examples from a list!
• More practice MC Questions (if your printed Study Guide is not enough)
• Crash Course Videos: How to Train Your Brain (Classical and Operant Conditioning) and Bobo Beatdown (Observational Learning and Social-Cognitive Perspective)

Quizlet Flashcards

Notes: Classical and Operant Conditioning

Observational Learning


What the Behaviorists Missed

Chatzy Link for Substance Dependence Discussion

In order to access our online discussion of Substance Dependence, you'll need this link: Chatzy.com/17731263905262

ACK! Just kidding. Try this one? http://today.io/vjlk

National Geographic Channel: Sleepless In America

Thanks to the friendly folks at the Teaching High School Psychology Blog for alerting me to this PERFECTLY TIMED television event. The National Geographic Channel will be airing a special called Sleepless in America on Sunday, December 7th. It looks to be a great program, since it was produced in partnership with the National Institutes of Health

Since my students are in the midst of their unit on Sleep and Dreams, this opportunity could not have come at a better time.

Resources: High School Start Times and Adolescent Sleep

National Sleep Foundation

• Backgrounder: Later School Start Times and Sleep
• School Start Time and Sleep
• Eight Major Obstacles to Delaying School Start Times

American Academy of Pediatrics

• Let Them Sleep: AAP Recommends Delaying Start Times of Middle and High Schools to Combat Teen Sleep Deprivation

Washington Post:

• U.S. Doctors Urge Later School Start Times for Teens

CNN

• Doctors: Early School Start Times Unhealthy for Students

The Atlantic

• Students Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep--School Starts Too Early

St. Paul Public Schools: Rethinking Start Times for 2015-16

The Impact of School Start Times on Adolescent Health

Research Reports:

Examining the Impact of Later High School Start Times on the Health and Academic Performance of High School Students: A Multi-Site Study (2014)

Impact of School Start Times on Student Learning

When Worlds Collide: Adolescent Need for Sleep Versus Societal Demands

Changing Times: Findings from the First Longitudinal Study of Later High School Start Times