PSYC 3440 Study Guide - Final Guide: Educational Psychology, Overproduction, Learning Disability

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3440
• Professor: Roderick Barron

Document Summary

Common sense would usually be to tell the student misbehaving to sit down: as state in the assigned readings, many of the facts that seem obviously correct are actually proven to be opposite by empirical research. They also might not be the most effective decisions, as it has been shown that those decisions beased on empirical evidence are the most effective and high quality. As findings are incorporated, some may find that they are opposite to what they believe is the obvious answer. It research contradicts their tricks, they may be reluctant to divert from what works. Teachers may not understand the findings of academia and find scientific research findings not straight-forward enough to incorporate into their classroom: all classrooms are different and changing, research can"t always be applied in the exact same way. Something as complex as education requires a plethora of methods and techniques to apply to different scenarios.