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Learning -> Woolfolk: Educational Psychology
Theme 1
Role of educational psychology in teaching and learning.
1. Define educational psychology and justify importance of studying (3).
*The discipline concerned with teaching and learning processes.
*It applies theories and research methods of psychology and also has its own theories,
research methods, problems and techniques.
2. Describe briefly 2 different types of research studies used by educational
psychologists (4).
*Descriptive studies:
Studies that collect detailed info about specific situations, often using observation, surveys,
interviews, recordings, or a combination of these methods.
Ethnography:
-Descriptive approach
-Focuses on life within group
-Try to understand meaning of event to people involved
Case study:
Intensive study of one person/situation
, Participant observation
-Conduct descriptive research
-Researcher becomes participant in situation to understand life better in group
*Experimental studies:
-Variables are manipulated and effects are recorded.
-Cause and effect are studied
Quasi-experimental studies
-Fit most criteria for true experiment except!!! Subjects not chosen randomly !!!!
-Already existing groups (classes/schools)
Participants/subjects
People/animals studied
Random
Without any pattern/following no rule
*Correlational
-statistical descriptions of how closely two variables are related
- (+) or (-)
Learning -> Woolfolk: Educational Psychology
Theme 1
Role of educational psychology in teaching and learning.
1. Define educational psychology and justify importance of studying (3).
*The discipline concerned with teaching and learning processes.
*It applies theories and research methods of psychology and also has its own theories,
research methods, problems and techniques.
2. Describe briefly 2 different types of research studies used by educational
psychologists (4).
*Descriptive studies:
Studies that collect detailed info about specific situations, often using observation, surveys,
interviews, recordings, or a combination of these methods.
Ethnography:
-Descriptive approach
-Focuses on life within group
-Try to understand meaning of event to people involved
Case study:
Intensive study of one person/situation
, Participant observation
-Conduct descriptive research
-Researcher becomes participant in situation to understand life better in group
*Experimental studies:
-Variables are manipulated and effects are recorded.
-Cause and effect are studied
Quasi-experimental studies
-Fit most criteria for true experiment except!!! Subjects not chosen randomly !!!!
-Already existing groups (classes/schools)
Participants/subjects
People/animals studied
Random
Without any pattern/following no rule
*Correlational
-statistical descriptions of how closely two variables are related
- (+) or (-)
