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Each student brings his own thoughts, beliefs, feelings into the
classroom. We, as teachers, should know the students’ psychology
because effective teacher is the one who understands the complexities of
teaching / learning process and tries to find ways to overcome this. One
way is to deal with the psychology of the students. The teacher should not
only transmit the knowledge but also guide the students. She should
maintain personal reflection, know the theories, adjust the teaching
according to these theories and she should realize that each student is
unique. Furthermore, the teacher should use scaffolding techniques
because it is important life-long learning. Also, education should be
educative because it is no need to teach something that doesn’t have any
contribution to students’ life.
What I had difficulty in figuring out was Carroll , Sapon and Vernon’s
opinions about intelligence.