Educational psychology

Abstract Cognitive psychology has long been an integral part of psychology. It has a direct impact on how educator’s look to improve the teaching and learning process. (Huitt 2006) Much research is done on how we process information. There have been numerous models created to help illustrate this process. Metacognition is also important to educators in it allows a learner to judge how well they are learning a particular subject. There are many ways that we process information. Theorists

Barbara Jones EDU 614 Dr. C 2 February 2015 Research in Educational Psychology Assignment Topic There are numerous motivational theories that have been discussed and tested. Different students unknowingly, or sometimes knowingly, utilize different theories since no two students are alike. Many teachers acknowledge that different students are motivated by different things, whether it be intrinsic extrinsic, self-efficacy or interest. Not only can gender and age differences affect motivation, but

Over the course of this semester, I have had the opportunity to learn about educational psychology. I have always enjoyed psychology and was especially interested in how it applied to teaching in the classroom. There were five specific concepts we discussed over the semester that especially interested me. I found that homogenous and heterogeneous grouping, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, operant conditioning, cooperative learning, and divergent versus convergent thinking are five psychological

While studying not only educational psychology, but general psychology as well, students are taught that the main things that predestine what a child will be like are family, friends, social media, and schooling. While observing a friend of mine, Shanae, and her mom, Char, these four things most definitely had consequences in how Shanae came to be the way she is and how her mother adapted to the changes. Shanae’s family seems to be the typical all-American family with two happily married parents

Educational Psychology is a division of psychology that works with the education of children, teaching methods, guidance, and the assessment of aptitude and development. The main purpose of educational psychology is to understand and improve the teaching and learning process. Within my classroom, I encounter dialect differences on a daily basis. I am exposed to a southern dialect in my classroom. As a teacher, I must be sensitive to the difference in those students’ dialects. I could also ensure

education, expertise, decision-making, and classroom management, just to name a few. Through the reading and portfolio essays, my desire to teach has strengthened throughout the semester. Because of this course, I now have a better understanding of the educational and psychological needs my future students, as well as myself, will have and how to meet them. The portfolio essays that I have completed throughout this course have taught me several things. Each week, the essay reviewed and allowed me to think

Tuckman, J., & Lorge, I. (1952). The influence of a course on the psychology of the adult on attitudes toward old people and older workers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 43(7), 400-407. doi:10.1037/h0062469 In a study by Tuckman and Lorge, two questionnaires were given to a 147 graduate students at the beginning and end of a course, in order to assess their attitudes towards older workers. A shorter questionnaire was given to students at the end of the course, bearing only one difference; a

Generation Prevention Clubhouse is impacting adolescents through positive social development. Next Generation also uses teaching styles that are student driven. I was fortunate enough to get to observe how this takes place and its relation to educational psychology. Next Generation Youth Clubhouse Next Generation is one of three youth clubhouses in Georgia. The clubhouse targets 6th to 12th grade students in Dawson County. The afterschool program focuses on positive youth development. This is done

different. The younger kids had a bigger group than the older kids. There were a lot of different ethnicities. Caucasians were most definitely the minority. There were not more boys than girls or vice versa. My Field Experience: Connections to Educational Psychology During my observation hours, I was placed with the younger group of children. My job was to help the teacher in anyway possible, and also to help the students. Whether this meant helping them open their ketchup packets at lunch, or helping

of Oldenburg, Germany, at a time in history where traditional German philosophy was shifting from its idealist roots towards realism, came a metaphysician who, according to Williams (1911), would become known as one of the fathers of modern educational psychology. Johann Friedrich Herbart was born in May of 1776 (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2014) to a father who, although successful and respected as a lawyer and businessman, had a rather parochial approach to his dealings, and a mother, who by many was