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Educational Psychology (EDPSY)

EDPSY 010 (GS) Individual Differences and Education (3) Relationships between learner differences and physical, cognitive, language, social, and cultural development; emphasis on ethnicity, gender, special needs; schooling implications.
Effective: Spring 2000
 

EDPSY 014 Learning and Instruction (3) Psychology of human learning applied toward the achievement of educational goals; evaluation of learning outcomes.
Effective: Fall 1973
 

EDPSY 014H Learning and Instruction (3) Psychology of human learning applied toward the achievement of educational goals; evaluation of learning outcomes.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

EDPSY 101 (GQ) Analysis and Interpretation of Statistical Data in Education (3) An introduction to quantitative methods in educational research emphasizing the interpretation of frequently encountered statistical procedures.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

EDPSY 296 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

EDPSY 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

EDPSY 297A Academic Success in College Settings (1) This course addresses academic skills, learning strategies, and effective motivation necessary for academic success in post-secondary settings. The course emphasizes self-regulated learning strategies supported by an in depth understanding of human learning.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

EDPSY 297A Effective Study Skills (1) This course focuses on improving study skills, time management techniques, and other topics that should help students improve their academic lives.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

EDPSY 297B Effective Study Skills (1) EDPSY 297B is a half-semester, one-credit course that focuses on improving study skills, time management techniques, and other topics that should help students improve their academic lives.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

EDPSY 400 Introduction to Statistics in Educational Research (3) The foundations of statistical techniques used in educational research; distributions, central tendency, variability, correlation, regression, probability, sampling, hypothesis testing.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

EDPSY 406 Applied Statistical Inference for the Behavioral Sciences (3) Common techniques (parametric) covered through two-factor analysis of variance (independent samples); hypothesis testing, confidence interval, power, robustness; MINITAB frequently used.
Effective: Spring 1991
Prerequisite: EDPSY 400 orSTAT 200  

EDPSY 421 Learning Processes in Relation to Educational Practices (3) An introduction to the empirical study of variables and conditions that influence school learning.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: EDPSY 014 orPSYCH 212  

EDPSY 450 (PSYCH 404) Principles of Measurement (3) Scale transformation, norms, standardization, validation procedures, estimation of reliability.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: EDPSY 400 orPSYCH 200 orPSYCH 100;STAT 200  

EDPSY 475 Introduction to Educational Research (3) Scientific method; classes of variables in educational research; the measurement of classroom behavior; survey, predictive, and experimental studies.
Effective: Summer 1990
Prerequisite: EDPSY 400  

EDPSY 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

EDPSY 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

EDPSY 498 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
 

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