Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning. The study of learning processes,from both cognitive and behavioral perspectives,allows researchers to understand individual differences in intelligence,cognitive development,affect,motivation,self-regulation,and self-concept,as well as their role in learning. The field of educational psychology relies heavily on quantitative methods,including testing and measurement,to enhance educational activities related to instructional design,classroom management,and assessment,which serve to facilitate learning processes in various educational settings across the lifespan.
A teaching method is a set of principles and methods used by teachers to enable student learning. These strategies are determined partly by the subject matter to be taught,partly by the relative expertise of the learners,and partly by constraints caused by the learning environment. For a particular teaching method to be appropriate and efficient it has to take into account the learner,the nature of the subject matter,and the type of learning it is supposed to bring about.
School psychology is a field that applies principles from educational psychology,developmental psychology,clinical psychology,community psychology,and behavior analysis to meet the learning and behavioral health needs of children and adolescents. It is an area of applied psychology practiced by a school psychologist. They often collaborate with educators,families,school leaders,community members,and other professionals to create safe and supportive school environments.
Bottega University is a for-profit,accredited distance learning university headquartered in Salt Lake City,Utah,United States.
Diane F. Halpern is an American psychologist and former president of the American Psychological Association (APA). She is Dean of Social Science at the Minerva Schools at KGI and also the McElwee Family Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. She is also a former president of the Western Psychological Association,The Society for the Teaching of Psychology,and the Division of General Psychology.
Patricia A. Alexander is an educational psychologist who has conducted notable research on the role of individual difference,strategic processing,and interest in students' learning. She is currently a university distinguished professor,Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy,and Distinguished Scholar/Teacher in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology in the College of Education at the University of Maryland and a visiting professor at the University of Auckland,New Zealand.
The structure of observed learning outcomes (SOLO) taxonomy is a model that describes levels of increasing complexity in students' understanding of subjects. It was proposed by John B. Biggs and Kevin F. Collis.
Education sciences,also known as education studies,education theory,and traditionally called pedagogy,seek to describe,understand,and prescribe education including education policy. Subfields include comparative education,educational research,instructional theory,curriculum theory and psychology,philosophy,sociology,economics,and history of education. Related are learning theory or cognitive science.
The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education is a graduate school at the University of California,Santa Barbara which specializes in the field of education and counseling,clinical and school psychology,founded in 1961. It is located in technology-enabled Education Building which has been built in 2009 on the UCSB campus. In 2013,the Gevirtz School was once again named one of the best graduate schools of education in the United States by U.S. News &World Report. In addition to its graduate programs,it also contains the Koegel Autism Center,Hosford Counseling &Psychological Clinic,the Psychology Assessment Center,and the McEnroe Reading &Language Arts Clinic. The Gevirtz School has a pre-K –6 laboratory school,The Harding University Partnership School,in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
Constructive alignment is a principle used for devising teaching and learning activities,and assessment tasks,that directly address the intended learning outcomes (ILOs) in a way not typically achieved in traditional lectures,tutorial classes and examinations. Constructive alignment was devised by Professor John B. Biggs,and represents a marriage between a constructivist understanding of the nature of learning,and an aligned design for outcomes-based teaching education.
Steve Joordens is a Canadian psychologist who is professor of psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He teaches introductory psychology and a seminar course on the scientific study of conscious and unconscious influences. Joordens research areas include conscious and unconscious influences,memory,and the effective use of technology for education.
Sian Leah Beilock is an American cognitive scientist who is the president of Dartmouth College. Previous to serving at Dartmouth College,Beilock was the president of Barnard College. Beilock spent 12 years at the University of Chicago,departing Chicago as the Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology and Executive Vice Provost.
Judith Margaret Parr is a New Zealand educational psychology academic. She is a full professor at the University of Auckland.
J. Douglas Willms is the Founder and President of The Learning Bar Inc. He is a member of the US National Academy of Education,Past-President of the International Academy of Education and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. From 1995 to 2018,Willms was Professor of Education at the University of New Brunswick,where for eight years he held the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Chair in Human Development and for fourteen years held the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Literacy and Human Development.
Lynn Fuchs is an educational psychologist known for research on instructional practice and assessment,reading disabilities,and mathematics disabilities. She is the Dunn Family Chair in Psychoeducational Assessment in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University.
Michelene (Micki) T. H. Chi is a cognitive and learning scientist known for her work on the development of expertise,benefits of self-explanations,and active learning in the classroom. Chi is the Regents Professor,Dorothy Bray Endowed Professor of Science and Teaching at Arizona State University,where she directs the Learning and Cognition Lab.
Laura Mary O'Dwyer is a professor of Measurement,Evaluation,and Statistics at Boston College known for her work on examining the impact of technology in education,especially science education,and for quantifying outcomes for K-12 student success.
Jane Simmons Halonen is an American clinical psychologist whose career has focused on advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning in psychology. She holds the position of Professor of Psychology at the University of West Florida where she also served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2003 to 2012. Halonen is a contributing writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Debra A. Hope,Ph.D.,specializes in clinical psychology,anxiety disorders,social anxiety,and developmental psychology. She conducts research in two main areas:1) evaluating and treating anxiety disorders,with a particular emphasis on social anxiety disorders,and 2) examining how stigma affects the mental health and healthcare experiences of marginalized individuals within the transgender,lesbian,gay,or bisexual communities. Hope is a professor of psychology at University of Nebraska - Lincoln as well as holding the position of associate vice chancellor and dean of graduate education.
Jacqueline P. Leighton is a Canadian-Chilean educational psychologist,academic and author. She is a full professor in the Faculty of Education as well as vice-dean of Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs at the University of Alberta.
