Educational Psych Ch 1

What is Educational Psychology?

The study of learners, learning, and teaching
What is Pedagogy?

The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process
Doing things for a purpose; teachers who use ___________ plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.

Intentionality
What is Teacher Efficacy?

The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students
What is Critical Thinking?

Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem, the evidence and the solution.
_________ is the explanation of the relationship between factors, such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation

Principle
A Theory is.....

A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena
Treatment is

A special program that is the subject of an experiment
Variable..

Something that can have more than one value
What is an experiment?

Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment
Random Assignment

Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups

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Educational Psych Ch 1

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Ch1

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2011-01-24T03:05:16Z

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