Name Email Address Number of College Courses Taken Area of Expertise (Any Subject or Skill)

1. Name Email Address Number of College Courses Taken Area of Expertise (Any Subject or Skill) A Book You Have Read Recently and Would Recommend Joan Doe jdoe@hotmail.com 3 Courses I’m an expert on the “Get Smart” TV Series “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams

2. What is Educational Psychology? • Ice Breaker • Name • Any Teaching Experience • What You Hope To Gain From The Course • Age Group

3. What is Educational Psychology? • What An Educational Psychologist Is Not • School Psychologist • Guidance Counselor • Educational Psychologists Do Research • Learners • Learning • Teaching • What Makes A Good Teacher?

4. What Research Methods Are Used in Educational Psychology? • Experiments • Laboratory Experiments • Field Experiments • Single-case Experiments • Correlational Studies • Descriptive Research

5. Experiment • The Effects of ______________________ on __________________________ • The Effects of (Independent Variable) on (Dependent Variable)

6. Experiment • Controls Variables • Hypothesis • Independent Variable • Dependent Variable • Randomization • Experimental Group • Control Group • Establishes Cause and Effect • Creates Artificial Conditions

7. Validity: Internal vs. External E X T E R N A L I N T E R N A L Laboratory Experiments

8. Validity: Internal vs. External I N T E R N A L E X T E R N A L Field Experiments

9. Single Case Experiment • One Group or Individual • Baseline is Measured • Treatment (IV) is Given • Measure Again • Remove Treatment • Measure Again • Establishes Cause and Effect

10. Correlational Study • Establishes Relationship • Magnitude • Direction • Positive • Negative • Uncorrelated • Correlational Coefficient • Does Not establish Cause and Effect

12. Correlation Exercise Factor A Factor B -1 0 +1

13. Descriptive Research • Surveys • Interviews • Observations