What is the main goal of educational psychology?
To use psychological theories to understand teaching and learning
Educational Psychology is considered a scientific discipline because it:
Tests theories in order to understand teaching and learning
What are factors of primary concern...
What is the main goal of educational psychology? - ANSWER- To use
psychological theories to understand teaching and learning
Educational Psychology is considered a scientific discipline because it: -
ANSWER- Tests theories in order to understand teaching and learning
What are factors of primary concern to the field of educational psychology? -
ANSWER- Instructional strategies
Student learning process
Emotional and cognitive development
Culture
What does the What Works Clearinghouse provide? - ANSWER- research-based
evidence about instructional programs
The scientific approach focused on: - ANSWER- Objectivity
When two events occur close in time, a scientific approach to understanding the
events suggests that: - ANSWER- The fact that the two are related must not be
mistaken for cause and effect
Why are findings in educational research often limited in focus? - ANSWER-
Experimental conditions are rarely identical to real classrooms
Why might research on the same educational question result in conflicting
conclusions? - ANSWER- Researches May legitimately interpret scientific data
differently
The statement "teaching is an art that cannot be taught" is: - ANSWER-
Unreasonable because teaching is both an art and a science
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