educational psychology
nounDefinition of educational psychology
: psychology concerned with human maturation, school learning, teaching methods, guidance, and evaluation of aptitude and progress by standardized tests
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Guess my professor was right Turns out that my educational psychology professor was largely on the mark in forbidding note taking and providing complete notes for students to study. — Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz, "A seven-step guide to taking better notes," 4 Sep. 2019 Guess my professor was right Turns out that my educational psychology professor was largely on the mark in forbidding note taking and providing complete notes for students to study. — Kenneth A. Kiewra, The Conversation, "7 tips on how to take better notes," 3 Sep. 2019 One expert, Kenneth Kiewra, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, explains the most effective methods for taking notes. — Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, "What’s the Best Way to Take Notes?," 23 Oct. 2018 The protesters’ decision to walk out of school is loaded with symbolic meaning, argued Ben Kirshner, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder who has studied youth activism. — Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, "What Will the Nationwide School Walkouts Accomplish?," 14 Mar. 2018 Goff has a bachelor’s in biology and secondary education from Susquehanna University and a master’s in educational psychology from the University at Albany, SUNY. — miamiherald, "Senior-level hires and promotions for the week of March 12, 2018 | Miami Herald," 18 Sep. 2017 Obituaries are part of the ritual of grieving, said Frank Farley, an educational psychology professor at Philadelphia's Temple University. — Natalie Pompilio, The Christian Science Monitor, "Obituary project aims to humanize homicide victims," 26 Dec. 2017 Lauren Mims, of Fairfax, Virginia, earned her bachelor’s at UVA in 2012 and is currently pursuing a doctorate in educational psychology. — Melinda D. Anderson, The Atlantic, "How Campus Racism Could Affect Black Students' College Enrollment," 19 Oct. 2017 Ebert holds a master's degree in educational leadership from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and a master's degree in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "MTSD board approves Eric Ebert to be new Homestead assistant principal," 6 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'educational psychology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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