Psychological foundations of education/quantitative methods in education

College of Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology

Fall 2009: EPSY 3119—Learning, Cognition, and Assessment

Principles of learning, cognition, cognitive development, classroom management, motivation, instruction, and assessment. Topics: behaviorism, cognitive and social constructivism, human information processing theory, intelligence, knowledge acquisition, reasoning skills, scholastic achievement, standardized testing, reliability, validity, student evaluation, performance assessment, and portfolios.

Fall 2009: EPSY 3132—Psychology of Multiculturalism in Education

Course critically examines social and cultural diversity in the United States, confronting social issues of poverty, handicappism, homophobia, racism, sexism, victim-blaming, violence, and so on, and presenting models for change. Students examine how and why prejudices develop.

Fall 2009: EPSY 3133—Practicum: Service Learning, Psychology of Multiculturalism in Education

An examination of morality from the perspective of psychology. Exploration of major research traditions and their ethical and educational implications.

Fall 2009: EPSY 3264—Basic and Applied Statistics

Introductory statistics with emphasis on understanding and applying statistical concepts and procedures. Topics include visual and quantitative methods for presenting and analyzing data, common descriptive indices for univariate and bivariate data, and introduction to inferential techniques.

Fall 2009: EPSY 3301—Introduction to Educational Psychology

History, current work. Future promise of educational psychology. Major topics in educational psychology. Focuses on interplay between theory, empirical research, and practical applications.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5101—Intelligence and Creativity

Contemporary theories of intelligence and intellectual development and contemporary theories of creativity and their implications for educational practices and psychological research.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5114—Psychology of Student Learning

Basic principles of educational psychology: how learning occurs, why it fails, and implications for instruction. Topics include models of learning, development, creativity, problem-solving, intelligence, character education, motivation, diversity, special populations.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5115—Psychology of Adult Learning and Instruction

Survey of adult learning and instruction. Emphasis on instructional design, learning theories, experience, individual differences, evaluation, tests and measurement, and technology. Implications for curricular and instructional design in higher education, continuing education, and professional and business related training.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5118—Language: Psycholinguistic Research and Educational Application

Psychological study of language. Psychological processes involved in language use, mechanisms that guide these processes. Failures of these mechanisms. How language operates.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5135—Human Relations Workshop

Experiential course addressing issues of prejudice and discrimination in terms of history, power, and social perception. Includes knowledge and skills acquisition in cooperative learning, multicultural education, group dynamics, social influence, effective leadership, judgment and decision-making, prejudice reduction, conflict resolution.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5153—Social Development in PreK to Secondary Schools

Social development in educational settings, from preschool through high school.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5200—Special Topics: Psychological Foundations

Focus on special topics in psychological and methodological concepts relevant to advanced educational theory, research, and practice not covered in other courses.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5216—Introduction to Research in Educational Psychology and Human Development

Designing/conducting a research study. Reviewing literature, formulating research problem, using different approaches to gather data, managing/analyzing data, reporting results.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5221—Principles of Educational and Psychological Measurement

Concepts, principles, and methods in educational/psychological measurement. Reliability, validity, item analysis, scores, score reports (e.g., grades). Modern measurement theories, including item response theory and generalizability theory. Emphasizes construction, interpretation, use, and evaluation of assessments regarding achievement, aptitude, interests, attitudes, personality, and exceptionality.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5231—Introductory Statistics and Measurement in Education

Students develop an understanding of basic statistics and measurement concepts and tools and apply them to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5243—Principles and Methods of Evaluation

Introduction to program evaluation. Planning an evaluation study, collecting and analyzing information, reporting results; evaluation strategies; overview of the field of program evaluation.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5244—Survey Design, Sampling, and Implementation

Survey methods, including mail, phone, and Web-based/e-mail surveys. Principles of measurement, constructing questions/forms, pilot testing, sampling, data analysis, reporting. Students develop a survey proposal and a draft survey, pilot the survey, and develop sampling/data analysis plans.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5247—Qualitative Methods in Educational Psychology

Introduction to qualitative methods of inquiry. Contrasting different research traditions (e.g., case study, phenomenology, ethnography, social interactionism, critical theory). Practice with field notes, observations, and interviewing. Use of NVIVO to track/code data.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5261—Introductory Statistical Methods

Application of statistical concepts/procedures. Graphs, numerical summaries. Normal distribution, correlation/regression analyses, probability, statistical inferences for one or two samples. Hypothesis tests, Chi-square tests. Conceptual understanding/application of statistics.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5262—Intermediate Statistical Methods

Application of statistical concepts/procedures. Analysis of variance, covariance, multiple regression. Experimental design: completely randomized, block, split plot/repeated measures.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5272—Statistics Teaching Internship

Supervised teaching experience.

Fall 2009: EPSY 5281—Introduction to Computer Operations and Data Analysis in Education and Related Fields

General, introductory computer literacy course to familiarize students with personal computers and computing resources at the U of M. Applications include electronic communications, spreadsheets, graphical presentation, and data analysis.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8114—Seminar: Cognition and Learning

Advanced study in critical analysis and application of contemporary psychological theory and research in cognition and learning for education.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8115—Psychology of Instruction and Technology

Seminar including, but not limited to, learning and instructional theories, advanced and emerging technologies, and measurement and evaluation.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8215—Advanced Research Methodologies in Education

Quantitative research methods, including models of scientific inquiry, role of theories/research design, role of measurement error in quantitative data-based inference, and qualitative methods of inquiry. Focuses on advanced quantitative/qualitative methodologies used in methodologically-oriented studies in educational measurement, evaluation, and stats.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8261—Statistical Methods I: Probability and Inference

Advanced theory, derivations of quantitative statistics. Descriptive statistics, probability, normal distribution. One-/two-sample hypothesis tests, confidence intervals. Chi square tests. One-way analysis of variance, follow up tests.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8262—Statistical Methods II: Regression and the General Linear Model

Analysis of variance designs (two-/three-way), repeated measures, correlation, simple/multiple regression methods, non-parametric procedures, multivariate analyses.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8264—Advanced Multiple Regression Analysis

General linear model used as a context for regression. Matrix algebra, multiple regression, path analysis, polynomial regression, standardized regression, stepwise solutions, analysis of variance, weighted least squares, and logistic regression.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8268—Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Educational Research

Conceptual framework of hierarchical linear models for nested data, their application in educational research. Nature/effects of nested data, logic of hierarchical models, mixed-effects models. Estimation and hypothesis testing in these models, model-checking, nonlinear models.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8271—Statistics Education Research Seminar: Studies on Teaching and Learning Statistics

Introduction to classic/current research related to teaching/learning of statistics. Research from psychology, education, and statistics. Students focus on a particular research question and review the literature related to that question.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8282—Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Data

Traditional/modern approaches to analyzing longitudinal data. Dependent t-test, repeated measures ANOVA and MANOVA. Linear mixed models, multilevel models, generalized models. Required labs using SAS computer program.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8296—Evaluation Internship

Hands-on experience in conducting a program evaluation in a real-world setting under supervision of an evaluation professional.

Fall 2009: EPSY 8311—Education Sciences Proseminar

Education-related research issues. Problems of school-based research. Diverse research methodologies. Educational research, diversity of K?12 students. Role of lab-based studies in education research. Critiques of education research. Relation of cognitive theory to school-based research. Translating research into school-based practice.