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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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