EDUC 40 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Precautionary Statement
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Intro: teachers must motivate students to want to learn the subject matter, must help students recognize what true mastery involves, and -in order to appropriately individualize instruction- must assess each student"s progress in his or her learning and development. Educational psychology - knowledge of human learning and motivation, developmental trends, individual and group differences, and effective classroom practices. Teaching - science of learning and the science of instruction. Good teaching involves evidence-based practices - the use of instructional methods and other classroom strategies that research has consistently shown to bring about significant gains in students" development and academic. Research studies involve: quantitative research and qualitative research. Quantitative : yields numbers that reflect percentages, frequencies, or averages related to certain phenomena or characteristic. Correlational - possible associates among two or more variables. How closely various human characteristics are associated with one another. Consistency between human behavior in relation to environmental conditions.
