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| What is educational psychology? |
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Educational Psychology is a field that seeks to understand the factors that affect learning so that education may be enhanced.
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| What are 3 goals of educational psychology? |
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1.To understand how individuals learn from psychological perspective.
2.To apply what is known about the psychology of learning to enhance education (Education is broadly defined)
3.To enhance teacher effectiveness
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| What are 2 types of variables in the goals of education? |
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-Cognitive Variables (IQ, Speed of processing, reasoning, etc)
(Dr.Linderholms expertise)
-Non-cognitive variable about whether or not someone learns well (i.e. socioeconomic status, motivation)
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| What are 4 common conceptualizations of learning that every theorist agrees on? |
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1.Information is understood
2.Knowledge is relatively permanent
3.Behavior has changed (i.e. before I couldnt play the piano, now I can)
4.behavior change can be demonstrated and observed
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| What are 2 ways psychologists study learning? |
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1.Quantitative Methods-factors of interest can be put into terms of numbers (i.e. does classroom affect test scores?); data are analyzed statistically (grades vs temp in room).
2.Qualitative Methods-data collected by observation, interviews, focus groups, etc. Data may be be grouped into categories, general impressions described (i.e. What is student life like in American vs Canadian schools).
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| What is the purpose of Quantitative method and what are the subtypes? |
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Purpose: to test a theory.
Subtypes of quantitative methods: 1.manipulative (experiments) and 2.non-manipulative (correlational studies, looking at statistics from another study after the fact for a correlation in my theory)
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| What's the purpose of the qualitative method? |
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To describe a situation - end result may be to create a testable theory.
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Is all learning the same?
What are the different levels?
What does Bloom taxonomy say? |
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1. No
2. deep vs shallow (memorizing)
3. Bloom’s Taxonomy - Level: 1.Knowledge 2.Comprehension 3. Application 4.Analysis 5. Synthesis 6.Evaluation
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| What method addresses the following research issues: Internal Validity, External validity, and Experimenter Bias? |
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1.Internal validity - Quantitative (manipulation) methods
2.External validity - Qualitative methods
3.Experimenter Bias - Quantitative methods
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