Educational Psychology

[luv]

Hello IC Friends. I just took the Educational Psychology test and passed with a 63. I was scared witless too. I studied the college network module, went over the IC flashcards, took the peterson mock exams, read the explanations of the answers. I also took an earlier suggestion from someone to look over the material and do the practice test from the Slavin: Educational Psychology site. I have to say that this site & peterson help me tremendously in getting the information in my head. Oh yeah, check out Wikipedia too.

Here's a little breakdown for you. Some things will overlap:

Know the following definitions
Schemas, shaping, extinction, scaffolding, elaboration, reinforcement, centration, conservation, assimilation, accommodation, Premack Principle, metacognition, advanced organizers, Zone of Proximal Development, Pygmalion effect, wait time, IDEA (individuals with disabilities act), convergent & divergent thinking.

Statistical definitions: mean (central tendency) also called the average, mode (score that occurs most often), median (arithmetic middle score in a group of scores), range (subtracting the lowest score from the highest), standard deviation, standard score or z-score. Percentage score vs percentile scores.

Development: Know what happens at each stage good vs bad
Piaget: schemas - desire to make sense of our world. 1) sensory motor, object permanence 2) preoperative stage, centration egocentric can't perceive from another's viewpt. 3) concrete operations, begins to think logically understands conservation principle. 4) Formal operational, abstract reasoning, ability to deduce, potential moral reasoning.

Erikson: I'll give you the first couple
Know the age issue resolution lack of resolution of his stages
Infant 0-18 months trust vs safety insecurity anxiety
mistrust


Toddler 18 mo - 3yr autonomy vs self-control helplessness
self-doubt lack of self-control

Preschool

School-age etc.

Go over Freud, though I don't remember specific questions about his stages.

Moral Development: Although Piaget did some studies in this direction, the following are the names & their ideas to know:

Kohlberg: 1) preconventional, 2) conventional, 3) post conventional.

Carol Gilligan: modeled from caring. Men's morality vs Women's.

Conditioning
Classical Conditioning Neural response
Pavlov: Unconditioned response to Unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response to conditioned stimulus.

Operant Conditioning: Specific behavior illicit a specific outcome through reinforcement (increase in the behavior) whether positive, negative or punishment.

BF Skinner experimental analysis of behavior.
Thorndike (law & effect) know what it means & how it works.

Theories of Intelligence

Spearman proposed "g" general intelligence this formed the basis of IQ
Thurstone - multiple factor model of intelligence.
Gardner - multiple intelligences within the brain, their are seven. A person can have one or several and not others.
Sternberg Triarc model of intelligence.
Guilford - convergent & divergent (creative use this one)

Others to know:
Vygotsky social cultural theories. Zone of Proximal Development what it means & how it is used in education today. Scaffolding teaching through guided experiences.

Testing

IQ, aptitude (tests ability to learn new skills i.e. SAT, ACT). achievement (tests academic achievement)

Teaching

pedagogy -
instructor centered learningstudent centered learning know cooperative learning, reciprocal teaching, inquiry method, discovery learning,
Blooms Taxonomies know them, and the hierarchy.
formative & diagnostic assessments
Pygmalion effect

testing bias
expert learners know what they do & how they learn

Research

Selection of research sample
Experimental research independent variable & dependent variable
Descriptive research
Cross validation and meta analysis

Motivation
Intrinsic vs extrinsic
locus of control
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Attribution theory
performance goals, learning goals
efficacy

social learning / modeling

Information Processing: encoding, storage, retrieval
Types of memories
long term - sematic, rote rehearsal, elaborative rehearsal, episodic memory, procedural, flashbulb
short term 5 - 9 pieces of info
sensory few seconds - visual (iconic) auditory (echoic), sensory register

Retrieval, i.e. chunking

Proactive interference
Retroactive interference

deductive and inductive reasoning
critical thinking

Okay, there's more but I'm all out of memory. Chat with you later.

[mapalo]

Congratulations Luv

[ShotoJuku]

Great Score and Incredible feedback!!

[Basket Weaver]

I was scared witless too

I had to read that twice......thought I was going to have to do some editing there for a minute

Great job on the test and the feedback!

[sgloer]

Hey Luv, congrats and thanks for taking the time to post such amazing feedback!

[auminer49r]

Thanks, Luv.

I have this exam coming up. I will be going over your information in great detail over the next couple of weeks!

I want you to know how much I appreciate your feedback. Thanks for taking the time.

[jayAusTex]

Great info!

I took this exam and passed with a 58 in July 07 and the information you provided is spot on!

I tried to offer my two cents right after the exam, but couldn't remember as near as much as you did. You have done IC a great service. Anyone who is planning on taking this exam should copy and paste this post and keep it with their study materials.
Regards, Jay


CLEPS

American Government 62
U.S. History I 58
U.S. History II 64
Intro Psychology 56
Humanities 51
Info Systems & Com App 60
Intro Sociology 73
Principles of Marketing 69
Principles of Management 71
Intro. Educational Psychology 58

[Machelle]

I am the same way after I take an exam. I guess I am just so tense during the process that after I'm done I just want to forget everything and toss back a couple of celebration...umm...."medicinal" beverages. I truly do try to offer feedback to the forum afterwards, but it is difficult to remember exactly what was on the test. The interesting thing is, I retain quite a lot of information with each exam. I learned so much when I took the Humanities exam that I am sure will always be with me. That was my favorite one so far, as I found it so interesting.

[Kiwi Lover]

Originally Posted by Machelle

I am the same way after I take an exam. I guess I am just so tense during the process that after I'm done I just want to forget everything and toss back a couple of celebration...umm...."medicinal" beverages. I truly do try to offer feedback to the forum afterwards, but it is difficult to remember exactly what was on the test.

Machelle (& others),

This is what really helped me to remember what specific areas were covered on my version of an exam: I would bring my personal study notes with me when I went to take the exam, and as soon as I got back in my car, I would go down the list and check off the areas I knew were covered. My personal study notes usually consisted of a summarized version of the IC notes, so actually seeing the list of items I studied would help to prompt me to recall whether or not I had questions to do with that specific area. It also prompted me to make some notes about specific questions asked. Although we are not allowed to post the actual questions, I think that giving other IC members "tips" on what to make sure to study is a big help to everyone. (I think it was Snazz that helped to give me this idea.)

Hope that helps.
JoAnne

[Machelle]

Thank you for the suggestion! That is a great idea!! Right after I took both the Humanities and A&I Literature exams, I came straight home and tried my best to recall all I could to help others on this forum and post as soon as possible. I know how stressful these exams are for all of us, so I try my best to give what I can. Along with the IC study guide, this forum has been such a lifesaver for me with all of the tips people offer. The least I can do is try to give back what has been given to me, and I will continue to do so until I am done with these exams.

I will keep it in mind what you have suggested. Thanks again.