Lecture 15

Question 1

What is educational psychology about?

Answer 1

How people learn, especially in a formal education setting

Question 2

What is the aim of educational psyc?

Answer 2

To improve educational processes and outcomes

Question 3

What do educational psyc practitioners need to understand?

Answer 3

The education system and what techniques work for specific age levels/contexts

Question 4

What is the role of an educational psyc practitioner?

Answer 4

• Help parents

- Deal with social problems e.g. family changes, social group changes

Question 5

What four dimensions does McInerney’s model emphasise?

Answer 5

1. Cognitive e.g memory
2. Behavioural i.e observable behavioural change
3. Social Cognitive theory e.g. modelling behaviour
4. Humanism - learning as a personal act, how students feel about the process of learning

Question 6

What are Judgements of Learning?

Answer 6

Metacognitive assessments of understanding and ability to recall

Question 7

Describe the Cue Utilisation Hypothesis and the three cues that affect JoL

Answer 7

1. Extrinsic - relates to the context in which you are learning
2. Intrinsic - cues about how easy it is to learn the material
3. Mnemonic - Extrinsic and Intrinsic combined together, our sense of how well we are able to recall material

-In the experiment, JoL was a good indication of performance, performance was better than predicted and the lines follow the general trend.

Question 8

There are three types of assessment, what are they?

Answer 8

1. Learning = testing on exactly what was taught
2. New transfer = not the same as what was learnt, but similar (standard testing)
3. Far transfer = taking context and generalise to new context, most useful in the real world

Question 9

When looking at Evidence Based Learning, what factors are taken into account?

Answer 9

1. Generalisability to other learning contexts
2. Testing Methods i.e free recall or problem solving
3. Student Characteristics i.e IQ level, kids vs adults
4. Learning Conditions/environment e.g. group work or individual work

Question 10

What practice testing methods are considered the most effective?

Answer 10

A combination of practice testing and distributed practice

Question 11

What practice testing methods have moderate utility?

Answer 11

1. Interleaved practice - schedule that mixes different kinds of materials in the same study session
2. Elaborative interrogation - justifying answers
3. Self explanation - explaining how new information is related to known information

Question 12

What practice testing methods have the lowest utility?

Answer 12

1. Highlighting

2. Rereading

Question 13

What practice testing methods are effective but not for all material/learners?

Answer 13

1. Keyword mnemonic - keywords/mental imagery to associate verbal materials
2. Imagery for text - forming mental images for the text
3. Summarisation