2. Name Email Address Number of College Courses Taken Area of Expertise (Any Subject or Skill) A Book You Have Read Recently and Would Recommend J o a n D o e j d o e @ h o t m a i l. c o m 3 C o u r s e s I ’ m a n e x p e r t o n t h e B e a t l e s A l i c e I n W o n d e r l a n d b y L e w i s C a r r o l l

3. What is Educational Psychology? n Ice Breaker u Name u Any Teaching Experience u What You Hope To Gain From The Course u Age Group

4. What is Educational Psychology? n What An Educational Psychologist Is Not u School Psychologist u Guidance Counselor n Educational Psychologists Do Research u Learners u Learning u Teaching n What Makes A Good Teacher?

5. What Research Methods Are Used in Educational Psychology? n Experiments u Laboratory Experiments u Randomized Field Experiments u Single-case Experiments n Correlational Studies n Descriptive Research

6. Experiment n The Effects of ______________________ on __________________________ n The Effects of (Independent Variable) on (Dependent Variable)

7. Experiment n Controls Variables u Hypothesis u Independent Variable u Dependent Variable u Randomization u Experimental Group u Control Group n Establishes Cause and Effect n Creates Artificial Conditions

8. Validity: Internal vs. External Laboratory Experiments INTERNALINTERNAL EXTERNALEXTERNAL

9. Validity: Internal vs. External Field Experiments INTERNALINTERNAL EXTERNALEXTERNAL

10. Single Case Experiment n One Group or Individual n Baseline is Measured n Treatment (IV) is Given n Measure Again n Remove Treatment n Measure Again n Establishes Cause and Effect

11. Correlational Study n Establishes Relationship n Magnitude n Direction u Positive u Negative u Uncorrelated n Correlational Coefficient n Does Not establish Cause and Effect

13. Correlation Exercise Factor A Factor B -1 0 +1

14. Descriptive Research n Surveys n Interviews n Observations