05:300:306 Midterm: STUDY GUIDE

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Education
• Course: 05:300:306
• Professor: O' D O N N E L L

Document Summary

Ed psych exam i study guide (chapter 1, 9, 13, 6) Two objectives: gain knowledge about learners and how they learn, enhance understanding of the teaching-learning situation and capacity to help others learn. Telling whether or not cause and effect have been established. Educational psychology as a scientific field of study. Educational psychology: the scientific study of psychology education. Two-fold mission: enhance theoretical knowledge and improve educational practice. Learning: a relatively permanent change in knowledge, skill, or behavior or knowledge as a result of experience. A search method used to describe the educational situation as it naturally occurs- what typically happens, how teachers teach, and how students learn and develop (ex: What are the most common strategies teachers use to motivate and engage their students?: correlational: explores possible associations among two or more variables. Research questions: are students more likely to be aggressive at school if they often see violence at home or in their neighborhoods? .