Educational Psych Final Exam| 94 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Describe the main goal of Educational Psychology correct answer: The main goal of educational psychology is to emphasizing teaching how to learn rather than teaching what to learn applying educational research to teaching practices Teach students how to... correct answer: read to understand the material shape an idea master difficult material use writing to clarify thoughts and ideas Action Research correct answer: Research used to solve a specific school or classroom problems, improve teaching and other educational strategies, or make a decision at a specific level Goals of Action Research correct answer: Improve educational practices immediately in one or two classrooms, or schools Carried out by teachers and administrators not educational psychology researchers Descriptive Research correct answer: Purpose of observing and recording behavior Ex. observing, interviews, questionnaires, case studies, personal journals, etc Correlational Research correct answer: Goal is to describe the strength of the relation between two o more events or characteristics Correlation DOES NOT EQUAL Causation Experimental Research correct answer: Allows educational psychologists to determine the causes of behavior Involves performing experiments, cause and effect, independent and dependent variables, and expriemental and control groups Quantitative Research correct answer: Employs numerical calculations in an effort to discover information about a particular topic Experimental and Correlational Research Designs