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Educational PsychologyDevelopmental psychology is of prime importance to teachers. Our knowledge of the developmental stages of our students enables us to tailor our curricula, our lessons, our teaching strategies, our...
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Social SciencesReducing human reasoning to a few major questions, we can say that (1) finances, (2) complexity of choices, and (3) dendritic learning are three major impediments to a normal 4-year succession of...
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Educational PsychologyAccording to Piaget, there are four stages of child development that are broken up by age. A typical 8-18 month old, according to Piaget, would fall into the first category, which is the sensory...
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Social SciencesEducational psychology is a very broad topic. It is also very important. For these reasons, entire courses are devoted to its study in teacher training programs around the United States....
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Educational PsychologyGestalt's Learning Theory is grounded in the idea that the whole is greater than its parts. According to Gestalt, humans possessed certain attributes which allow them to identify the "whole" a part...
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Educational PsychologyLewin believed that we learn from experience. Often referred to as change theory, field theory, or experiential learning, Lewin’s ideas helped us incorporate collaborative and project-based...
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TeachersBoth approaches are theories; they are proposals, ideas, ways to go about thinking about how learning happens. There is no "more accurate" or "less accurate" in the comparison of the two models....
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TeachersMetacognition can be defined as "thinking about thinking." Essentially, metacognition focuses on knowledge acquisition and how a learner "knows" something. This study goes to the heart of how an...
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Educational PsychologyOne advantage of a cognitive view of reading is that it results in more interesting lessons, and therefore hopefully more effective student learning. Reading is about meaning making, as opposed...
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Educational PsychologyThe cognitive view of learning suggests that information is gathered and processed by our brain. An advantage of the cognitive view of learning is that it is easy for people to understand and...
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Educational PsychologyListening to and/or making music involves a number of skills and activities that are important to learning in many other areas. Through the use of music, abilities in these areas can be developed...
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Educational PsychologyA top-down approach to learning is based on the idea that a teacher drives the classroom. The teacher determines what is to be taught and then delivers it to students. This is the opposite of the...
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Educational PsychologyIf we are talking about educational research, the main advantage of quantitative research is that it is more empirical and it is, in some ways, more likely to actually prove something. In...
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EducationI think that one of the most significant elements behind the inquiry educational model is that it places a large amount of responsibility on students being active learners and thinking. It is not...
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Educational PsychologyI think that there are a couple of elements from educational psychology that can be used to ensure a curriculum for special needs students that emphasizes greater positivity. Part of this can come...
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Educational PsychologyConstructivism is an interesting idea, because it recognizes the individuality of each student's life and experiences; it encourages students to attack a central problem or project and work their...
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Educational PsychologyThe three generally recognized theories or frameworks describing the learning process are behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. Behaviorism suggests that all the things people do, including...
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Educational PsychologyWhen used in education, the word "schema" refers to the system of prior knowledge a student brings to the study of a given subject or topic. Because the brain learns best and most efficiently when...
