COURSE DESCRIPTION
An overview of the contributions of psychology to the teaching-learning process. Topics include learning theory, individual differences, motivation, human development, exceptionalities, teaching methodology, measurement and evaluation.
RATIONALE
The purpose of this course is to prepare teachers in areas such as research, up-to-date theories, and classroom-tested applications. Educational psychology equips teachers to think about how students learn at various levels of development and make decisions before and during instruction, and to consider what constitutes evidence that their students are learning and succeeding. Educational psychology is foundational to the study in every field of education.
Article Review Instructions
During this course you will be required to 3 article reviews based on topics described below.
Use Liberty’s library database to find scholarly journals with peer-reviewed articles that contain original research. When selecting each article, keep in mind that you may also be using it as a source for your Customized Learning Theory Paper.
Your Article Reviews should incorporate a thoughtful, biblical perspective. As you write them, be sure to follow proper APA format (Purdue OWL’s website contains an excellent sample APA-formatted paper). The length of each paper should be 4-s s 5 pages, which includes a reference list and a cover page (There is no need to include an abstract). This means that the actual article review part of the assignment should only be 2-3 pages. When submitting an Article Review, be sure to attach a copy of the articles you chose to review in addition to your APA-formatted review. Following are additional instructions for each Review.
Article Review 1
For your first Article Review, you must find 1 article detailing educational research conducted using at least one of the research methods discussed in Chapter 1. The following questions should also be answered within your summary:
1. Provide a summary of the research and its findings. What type of of research method was used and what clues within the article helped you to identify the method?
2. How would the results of this research be beneficial to education, and what questions arise from this research that could be studied further?
3. How does this research article answer the question, What is the role of research in Educational Psychology?