Summary
Overview
Key Readings
Educational psychology is a broad field characterized by the study of individuals in educational settings and how they develop and learn. It incorporates information from such sub-disciplines such as developmental psychology, human development across the life span, curriculum and instruction, motivation, and measurement and assessment. It has evolved to become a field that increasingly focuses on individual differences without any regard to age thereby leading to interests in topics such as (early) intervention, long distance learning, educational technology, adult education, and theories of human development among others. Neil Salkind has mined the rich and extensive backlist of SAGE education and psychology journals to pull together a collection of almost a 100 articles to be the definitive research resource on education psychology.
Section I: Human Growth and ...
Editor's Introduction
If you walk into almost any educational setting or institution, you will see a variety of activities taking place, ranging perhaps from an early intervention program for very young children to traditional classroom teaching, to reviewing students’ work via a distance learning activity, and more.
In the most general sense, the focus of educational psychology is the scientific basis of what occurs in these, and many other, settings. Educational psychology is a broad combination of the study of many disciplines, which together has the goal of better understanding the processes through which change takes place in such settings and how scientists, teachers, researchers and practitioners (and these categories are surely mutually inclusive of one another) can help facilitate that change.
As a discipline, educational psychology might ...
Table of Contents
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Volume I
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Human Development
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1. Aging and Human Performance
Neil Charness
2008
Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
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2. Violence and Human Development
Elton McNeil
1966
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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3. The Life-course and Human Development: An Ecological Perspective
Glen Elder | Richard Rockwell
1979
International Journal of Behavioral Development
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4. The Family Conference: The Social Control of Human Development
David Buckholdt
1983
Journal of Family Issues
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5. From Childhood to the Later Years: Pathways of Human Development
Robert Crosnoe | Glen Elder
2004
Research on Aging
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6. The Developmental Niche: A Conceptualization at the Interface of Child and Culture
Charles Super | Sara Harkness
1986
International Journal of Behavioral Development
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7. Conceptualizing Adult Development
Calvin Settlage | John Curtis | Marjorie Lozoff | Milton Lozoff | George Silberschatz | Earl Simburg
1988
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
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2002
American Educational Research Journal
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9. A Developmental Approach to Language Acquisition: Two Case Studies
M. Bamberg | N. Budwig | B. Kaplan
1991
First Language
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10. Promoting Positive Youth Development: New Directions in Developmental Theory, Methods, and Research
William Kurtines | Laura Ferrer-Wreder | Steven Berman | Carolyn Lorente | Wendy Silverman | Marilyn Montgomery
2008
Journal of Adolescent Research
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11. Children have More Need of Models than Critics: Early Language Experience and Brain Development
Travis Thompson
1995
Journal of Early Intervention
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12. Development: Transfer of Technology, Transfer of Culture
Jacques Binet | Jeanne Ferguson
1984
Diogenes
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13. The Clinical Study and Treatment of Normal and Abnormal Development: A Psychological Clinic
Lightner Witmer
1909
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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14. Self-Motivation for Academic Attainment: The Role of Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Personal Goal Setting
Barry Zimmerman | Albert Bandura | Manuel Martinez-Pons
1992
American Educational Research Journal
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15. The Dangerous and the Good? Developmentalism, Progress, and Public Schooling
Bernadette Baker
1999
American Educational Research Journal
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16. The Scientific Humanism of G. Stanley Hall
Donald Meyer
1971
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
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17. Growing Old – Or Older and Growing
Carl Rogers
1980
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
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18. Maturational Timing and the Development of Problem Behavior: Longitudinal Studies in Adolescence
Rainer Silbereisen | Anne Petersen | Helfried Albrecht | Bärbel Kracke
1989
The Journal of Early Adolescence
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Volume II
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Human Development
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19. Motor Development as Foundation and Future of Developmental Psychology
Esther Thelen
2000
International Journal of Behavioral Development
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20. Physical Growth
Kai Jensen
1955
Review of Educational Research
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21. Mental Development during the Preadolescent and Adolescent Periods
Gordon Hendrickson
1950
Review of Educational Research
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Curriculum, Instruction and Learning
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22. Making Sense of Curriculum Evaluation: Continuities and Discontinuities in an Educational Idea
David Hamilton
1977
Review of Research in Education
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23. Psychology of Learning Environments: Behavioral, Structural, or Perceptual?
Herbert Walberg
1976
Review of Research in Education
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24. Thought and Two Languages: The Impact of Bilingualism on Cognitive Development
Rafael Diaz
1983
Review of Research in Education
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25. Components of a Psychology of Instruction: Toward a Science of Design
Robert Glaser
1976
Review of Educational Research
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26. The Emergence of Cognitive Psychology
Robert Holt
1964
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
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27. The Advancement of Learning
Ann Brown
1994
Educational Researcher
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28. Paradigms of Knowledge and Instruction
S. Farnham-Diggory
1994
Review of Educational Research
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29. Health Promotion by Social Cognitive Means
Albert Bandura
2004
Health Education & Behavior
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Jerome Bruner
1985
Educational Researcher
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31. Child's Talk: Learning to Use Language
Jerome Bruner
1985
Child Language Teaching and Therapy
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32. The Reflexivity of Cognitive Science: The Scientist as Model of Human Nature
Jamie Cohen-Cole
2005
History of the Human Sciences
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33. History, Culture, Learning, and Development
Patricia Greenfield | Ashley Maynard | Carla Childs
2000
Cross-Cultural Research
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Jean Piaget | Martin Faigel
1966
Diogenes
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35. Neural Bases of Intelligence and Training
Mark Rosenzweig
1981
The Journal of Special Education
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Volume III
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Curriculum, Instruction and Learning
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36. Human Intelligence: An Introduction to Advances in Theory and Research
David Lohman
1989
Review of Educational Research
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37. Cognitive Demands of New Technologies and the Implications for Learning Theory
Richard Torraco
2002
Human Resource Development Review
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38. Cognitive Conceptions of Learning
Thomas Shuell
1986
Review of Educational Research
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39. Meaning in Complex Learning
Ronald Johnson
1975
Review of Educational Research
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40. Phases of Meaningful Learning
Thomas Shuell
1990
Review of Educational Research
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41. Growth, Development, Learning, and Maturation as Factors in Curriculum and Teaching
William Trow
1951
Review of Educational Research
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Motivation
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42. Maslow, Monkeys and Motivation Theory
Dallas Cullen
1997
Organization
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43. Maslow's Theory of Motivation: A Critique
Andrew Neher
1991
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
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44. Caught on Fire: Motivation and Giftedness
Ann Robinson
1996
Gifted Child Quarterly
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45. An Empirical Test of Maslow's Theory of Motivation
Eugene Mathes | Linda Edwards
1978
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
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Neal Chalofsky | Vijay Krishna
2009
Advances in Developing Human Resources
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47. Motivation and Human Growth: A Developmental Perspective
M.S. Srinivasin
2008
Journal of Human Values
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48. Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Motivation
Jutta Heckhausen
2000
American Behavioral Scientist
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49. The Debate about Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation: Protests and Accusations do not Alter the Results
Judy Cameron | W. Pierce
1996
Review of Educational Research
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50. A Comprehensive Expectancy Motivation Model: Implications for Adult Education and Training
Kenneth Howard
1989
Adult Education Quarterly
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51. The Academic Motivation Scale: A Measure of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Amotivation in Education
Robert Vallerand | Luc Pelletier | Marc Blais | Nathalie Brière | Caroline Senécal | Evelyne Vallières
1992
Educational and Psychological Measurement
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52. Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation in Education: Reconsidered Once Again
Edward Deci | Richard Koestner | Richard Ryan
2001
Review of Educational Research
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53. Beyond the Rhetoric: Understanding Achievement and Motivation in Catholic School Students
Janine Bempechat | Beth Boulay | Stephanie Piergross | Kenzie Wenk
2008
Education and Urban Society
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54. Dimensions of School Motivation: A Cross-cultural Validation Study
Dennis McInerney | Kenneth Sinclair
1992
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
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55. Achievement Motivation in Children of Three Ethnic Groups in the United States
Manuel Ramirez | Douglass Price-Williams
1976
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
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Hersholt Whaxman | Shwu-yong Huang | Yolanda Padrón
1997
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
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57. Attracting and Retaining Teachers: A Question of Motivation
Karin Müller | Roberta Alliata | Fabienne Benninghoff
2009
Educational Management Administration & Leadership
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Volume IV
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Motivation
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Andrew Martin | Martin Dowson
2009
Review of Educational Research
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59. Classroom and Individual Differences in Early Adolescents’ Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning
Paul Pintrich | Robert Roeser | Elisabeth De Groot
1994
The Journal of Early Adolescence
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60. Atkinson's Theory of Achievement Motivation: First Step toward a Theory of Academic Motivation?
Martin Maehr | Douglas Sjogren
1971
Review of Educational Research
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Andrew Martin
2009
Educational and Psychological Measurement
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62. Motivation and Achievement: A Quantitative Synthesis
Margaret Uguroglu | Herbert Walberg
1979
American Educational Research Journal
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63. Academic Motivation and Achievement among Urban Adolescents
Joyce Long | Shinichi Monoi | Brian Harper | Dee Knoblauch | P. Murphy
2007
Urban Education
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64. Intrinsic Motivation and School Misbehavior: Some Intervention Implications
Howard Adelman | Linda Taylor
1990
Journal of Learning Disabilities
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65. Reinforcement, Reward, and Intrinsic Motivation: A Meta-Analysis
Judy Cameron | W. Pierce
1994
Review of Educational Research
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Barbara Stauber
2007
Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research
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Research Design, Measurement and Statistics and Evaluation
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67. Why P Values are not a Useful Measure of Evidence in Statistical Significance Testing
Raymond Hubbard | R. Lindsay
2008
Theory & Psychology
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68. Alphabet Soup: Blurring the Distinctions between ρ′s and α′s in Psychological Research
Raymond Hubbard
2004
Theory & Psychology
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69. Research Methods: Experimental Design
Julian Stanley
1957
Review of Educational Research
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70. What can We Learn from International Assessments?
Robert Mislevy
1995
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
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71. Power, Control, and Validity in Research
Randall Parker
1990
Journal of Learning Disabilities
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72. Testing Reasoning and Reasoning about Testing
Walt Haney
1984
Review of Educational Research
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Volume V
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Research Design, Measurement and Statistics and Evaluation
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73. Magnitudes of Experimental Effects in Social Science Research
Lee Sechrest | William Yeaton
1982
Evaluation Review
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74. Hypothesis Testing in Relation to Statistical Methodology
Cherry Clark
1963
Review of Educational Research
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75. On Examinee Choice in Educational Testing
Howard Wainer | David Thissen
1994
Review of Educational Research
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George Engelhard
1992
Educational and Psychological Measurement
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Bruce Thompson
1999
Theory & Psychology
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78. Musical Aptitude Testing: From James McKeen Cattell to Carl Emil Seashore
Jere Humphreys
1998
Research Studies in Music Education
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Brian Clauser
2007
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
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80. Regression towards the Mean, Historically Considered
Stephen Stigler
1997
Statistical Methods in Medical Research
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81. Karl Pearson and Statistics: The Social Origins of Scientific Innovation
Bernard Norton
1978
Social Studies of Science
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82. A History of Effect Size Indices
Carl Huberty
2002
Educational and Psychological Measurement
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83. The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture
Lorrie Shepard
2000
Educational Researcher
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84. The Place of Theory in Educational Research
Patrick Suppes
1974
Educational Researcher
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85. Curriculum-based Measures: Development and Perspectives
Stanley Deno
2003
Assessment for Effective Intervention
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86. Tests as Research Instruments
Robert Thorndike
1951
Review of Educational Research
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87. My Current thoughts on Coefficient Alpha and Successor Procedures
Lee Cronbach | Richard Shavelson
2004
Educational and Psychological Measurement
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88. Handbook of Evaluation Research
Lee Ross | Lee Cronbach
1976
Educational Researcher
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89. A Model for Studying the Validity of Multiple-Choice Items
Lee Cronbach | Jack Merwin
1955
Educational and Psychological Measurement
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90. Assisted Assessment: A Taxonomy of Approaches and an Outline of Strengths and Weaknesses
Joseph Campione
1989
Journal of Learning Disabilities
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Roger Lennon
1955
NASSP Bulletin: National Association of Secondary-School Principals
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92. The Place of Statistics in Psychology
Jum Nunnally
1960
Educational and Psychological Measurement
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93. Education in Statistics and Research Design in School Psychology
Steven Little | Howard Lee | Angeleque Akin-Little
2003
School Psychology International
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94. The Role of Measurement Error in Familiar Statistics
Malcolm Ree | Thomas Carretta
2006
Organizational Research Methods
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95. Qualitative Methods and the Development of Clinical Assessment Tools
Jane Gilgun
2004
Qualitative Health Research
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