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This activity contains 12 questions.

	What is educational psychology?   Educational psychology is the study of mental illness Educational psychology is the study of learners, learning, and teaching. Educational psychology is the study of intelligence tests. Educational psychology is the study of cognitive processes

	The link between what the teacher wants students to learn and students' actual learning is called   Instruction Analysis Cognition Comprehension

	One attribute seems to be characteristic of outstanding teachers: intentionality. What do intentional teachers do?   They have a vast knowledge of the subject. They are creative. Intentional teachers are those who are constantly thinking about the outcomes they want for their students and about how each decision they make moves children toward those outcomes. They are dedicated.

	What are laws?   related principles and laws that explain a broad aspect of learning, behavior, or another area of interest. principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations. notions of central tendency in research untested principles

	What is the best and most useful approach to research?   There is no one best or most useful approach to research; any method can be useful when applied to the right set of questions. Correlational research Analytical research Longitudinal research

	What is the main advantage of doing an experiment in a laboratory setting?   They are easy to do. They can be done quickly. They permit researchers to exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study. They allow random sampling of subjects.

	What kind of study is perhaps the most frequently used in the field of educational psychology?   The correlational study The case study The laboratory study The randomized field experiment

	What is an example of descriptive research?   A laboratory study. A correlational study A random field experiment. A survey

	What kinds of psychologists use descriptive research extensively?   Developmental psychologists Clinical psychologists Paleontologists Neonatologists

	What is a major criticism of action research?   Because the people involved in the experiment are the educators themselves, action research lacks the objectivity sought in other forms of research. It is limited by available funding. It assigns subjects to conditions randomly. It is limited to the primary grades.

	INTASC has developed   PRAXIS SERIES of teacher tests Tests for Teaching Knowledge A new teacher organization Peer mentors and coaches

	Beyond certification, teachers are expected to   Know everything about educational research Know everything about their content area Serve as a liaison for their school district Seek professional growth

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