Module 1: Using Science to inform classroom prinicples

Question 1

Educational Psychology

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Links the science of psychology to educational practice and provides teachers with evidence-based knowledge to support their day-to-day decision-making in the classroom.

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The science:

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formulating theories and conducting research studies

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Classroom Practices:

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developing applications of current theories and research to enhance teaching and learning

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Theories

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sets of ideas that are used to explain a phenomenon and make predictions about behavior

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What was the purpose of the study?

Answer 5

Design

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Who was being studied?

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Sample

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How were the constructs of interest measured?

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Measures

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Variables

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Events, characteristics, or behaviors that can be measured, such as age, family, divorce, medication, diagnosis.

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Research Design

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A method for investigating how and whether the variables selected are related.

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Research Design: Descriptive

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To systematically explain a situation factually and accuratley

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Research Design: Correlational

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To assess how changes in one variable correspond with changes in another variable

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Research Design: Experimental

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To establish a cause-effect relationship between variables

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Research Design: Quasi-Experimental

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To infer a cause-effect relationship between variables when the researchers cannot manipulate the independent variable

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Case Study

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Examines a single individual and creates a rich picture of that individuals psychological functioning

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Ethnographic Study

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Closely examines a particular group through direct participation within the group.

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Cross-sectional studies

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Examine two or more groups to compare behaviors

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Longitudinal Studies

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Examines the same group of people repeatedly over time to provide information about how behaviors change or how earlier events can be connected to later events

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Sample

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A smaller set of individuals from the population of interest

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Random Sample

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Every person in the population of interest has an equal chance of being included

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Volunteer Bias

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The tendency of those who choose to participate in research studies to differ in some way from those who do not participate

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Observations

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Watching or viewing the behavior of individuals

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Interviews

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Questions presented to participants.

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Test and Surveys

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Typically are paper-and-pencil measures that include a number of questions

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Best Practices

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Evidence-based strategies determined by science to help inform decisisons

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Minority group

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A group that is considered to have less power than another

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Ethnic Group

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People who share a similar culture

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Culture

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An environment with a unique history, traditions, rules, attitudes, and perhaps a specific language.

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Racial Group

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People who share common biological traits

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Sex

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Biological status

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Gender

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Socially constructed definition or internal view of one's self

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Cisgender

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A person who's sex and gender are the same

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Transgender

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A person who's sex and gender are not the same

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Sexual Orientation

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romantic and sexual orientation

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Disablity

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being limited in one's ability to perform some behaviors

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Prejudice Feelings

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Rigid and irrational generalizations about a group or category of people

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Confirmation Bias

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Tendency for people to seek evidence that confirms what they already believe to be true.

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Belief Perserverance

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The tendency to continue to or persevere in our beliefs when presented with contradictory evidence

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Discrimination

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Treating individuals differently based on prejudice feelings or biased beliefs about a particular group