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Here are several tools useful for creating, developing, and delivering presentations.

Handouts and other Transfer Tools

Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Outcomes An application of the taxonomy on a single learning event.

Adult Developmental Theories A comparison chart of several developmental theorists views of adult development.

Child Developmental Theories A comparison chart of several developmental theorists views of child development.

Adult vs Child Learning A comparison of pedagogical and androgogical characteristics.

Comparing Well Tempering to Pythagorean Tempering An Excel spreadsheet which allows you to set a frequency for a fundamental pitch (Do) and compare Well vs Pythadorean tempering for the scale.

Preparing Effective Lectures A list of suggestions that form a framework in creating effective lectures. From Active Training: A handbook of techniques, designs, case examples and tips.

Human Development Study notes for the book Human Development by Grace Craig and Don Baucum

Articles by William H. Jackson
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
e-mail: bjackson@plata.com

Time Perspective and Motivation. (2006) ABSTRACT: Future time perspective is an individual, group or societal view of possible psychological futures. It is a somewhat stable personality trait that differentially influences behavior in the “now.” This article highlights three instruments that measure different aspects of future time perspective and reviews additional articles that compare future time perspective with other measures of motivation and achievement. Finally, the aspect of altering an individual’s time perspective is presented and speculation regarding how educators may utilize that is presented.

Vocational Development: Keys to building a career. (2005) ABSTRACT: This paper looks at assumptions regarding the purpose of secondary education and how it relates to preparing students for vocational life. Universal components of vocational education are highlighted in the forms of key skills and competencies. The inclusion of work-related experience, and lifelong learning is suggested, and the importance of meaningful choice as a key component in all aspects of learning is presented.

Human Emotional Development (2003) ABSTRACT: This paper explores the development of emotion from birth to adulthood. Relationships regarding the emergence of emotional responses & behaviors are compared to other aspects of cognitive development, and finally, some speculations of application and further investigation are considered.

Issues Involved in the Structure and Development of Intellectual Capital (1998) ABSTRACT: This paper contains a survey of issues concerning the structure and development of intellectual capital systems and electronic performance support systems. Some issues involve human incentives and motivations, while others are of a technical nature regarding the structure of information capture and retrieval. Additionally, several terms and concepts used in intellectual capital systems are defined and discussed.

Cross-cultural Perception & Structure of Music (1998) A look at how people around the world perceive and make music and how that may affect learning.

Survey of an Adult Learner (1996) A comparison of several learning theories applied to a single hypothetical learner's experience.

Online Resources

Educational Psychology articles I have found on the Internet

Various lesson plans, based on these theories and principles, and other resources can be found in the Training and Activities pages of this website.