Educational psychology

In a rapidly changing world in which technology proliferates, it seems as though the global village is shrinking and people in all corners of the world are increasingly using technology for their everyday tasks, from instant communication, to shopping. “Foreign ideals and culture are easily spread and adapted by indigenous people in all corners of the globe via radio, television and now especially, computers and the internet” (Jagne et al, 2004, p. 2). Despite the fact that this digitization…

The Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences – University of Washington Portage Bay Building Box 357988 Seattle, WA 98195-7988 Dear Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, I am writing this letter to apply for the Research Assistant Intern position in Summer 2016. I learned about the internship opening from the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences website. I am interested in this position because I am inspired and motivated by the exploratory advancement of linguistic, cognitive, and social…

Dunlosky, et. al (2013) argues that the current system has worked against students as they reach for their learning goals. The researchers conducted extensive evaluations on 10 language-learning techniques developed by cognitive and educational psychologists to determine the efficacy of each one. The techniques were generalized across four variables, namely: learning conditions (alone or in group), student characteristics (age, ability, prior knowledge), materials (single concepts, math…

face a great deal of discrimination and injustices in American society. In particular, data and statistics reveal a historic trend of dehumanizing African American students in their pursuit of an education. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), African American students often score lower than their White counterparts do. The NAEP is scored using plausible values, which provide additional weight for belonging to certain demographic groups.…

au/worldtoday/content/2014/s4150405.htm. Doctor Arthur Poropat, having been successful in making significant findings in metacognition and learning, explains the impact this can have on schools, students and universities. Poropat, a senior lecturer of the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University explains that personality is more important than intelligence in education and learning. In this article, Poropat explains three aspects of personality that are crucial; conscientiousness, a…

Perennialism Perennialism is a psychology whose main basics is to in simulate western civilization fundamentals as present day teaching mechanisms. As an idea, perennialism’s objective is to create a system of unchanging information (Educational Philosophies Definition and Comparison Chart pg. 1). Education is based on the essential understanding of recurring to the past and to reason and faith. Mostly neo-Thomism has been most apparent in perennialism, but idealism and realism have also been…

Myth of The Cave. Humans are completely entranced by their technology and many do not realize it. Needs further review. This book was published by a university, making it a reliable source. Charlton is a doctor and has written several books on psychology. The book, however, is biased and sounds a bit like a rant. In the final paper, including the distraction technology poses can be a key point in why technology is not worth it. Eordogh, Fruzsina. “Classroom technology important, but…

diverse. These conditions negatively affect the growth and educational outcomes of the children within these communities. “When collecting data about children and youth, Statistics Canada (2008) considers family income, parents’ occupation, and parents’ education to arrive at an overall indicator of SES” (Woolfolk, Winne, &…

Assessment of English Language Learners The assessment of English Language Learner (ELLs) consists of a variety of practices. Different terms are used when in the evaluation of ELLs in educational settings. Additional terms utilized when conducting assessments of ELLs include bilingual assessment or nondiscriminatory assessment. Although the term bilingual assessment may suggest that the student has mastered both languages and is, in fact, bilingual, in practice the term generally refers to a…

invitation to the volume to develop his own theory of education through his essay, “Linguistic Approach to Problems of Education” (Cahill). Based on this work, scholars have developed varied visions of Burkean pedagogy as well as methods for achieving educational goals. While Burke’s focus on admonition and textual criticism may not appeal all pedagogical models, the methodical reflexivity demanded by Burkes termentisticly focused pedagogy creates students well suited promote informed democracy…