PSYC 2060 Chapter : EDPSYCSLAVIN STUDY GUIDE CH 1 REV 4 2
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Key words: action research-form of descriptive research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools, common core standards- a set of academic performance standards being adopted by most. The researcher deliberately changes one variable to see how this change will effect other variables, the researcher studies variables as they are to see whether they are related. Variables can be positively correlated, negative correlated, or uncorrelated: critical thinking-reflect on the changes that will be taking place in teaching over the next 10- Like a survey or interview: educational psychology-the study of learners, learning, and teaching. For teachers it is more it is the accumulated knowledge, wisdom, and seat-of-the-pants theory that every teacher should posses to intelligently solve the daily problems of teaching. Educational psychology cannot tell you as a teacher what to do but it can give you the principles to use to make a good decision: experiment-researchers create special treatments and analyze their effects.
