Knowing HOW to teach the content.

The products of research in Educational Psychology

A special program that is the subject of an experiment.

Experiment in which the conditions are highly controlled.

Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about a topic of interest. For example, surveys and ethnographies. This type of study lacks scientific objectivity, but offers rich detail and interpretation.

Doing things for a reason or purpose.

Explains the relationship between factors.

Something that can have more than one value. Experiments study the effects of treatments on variables.

Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different treatments.

Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.

A teacher's belief that what s/he does makes a difference.

Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.

Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment.

Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before, during, and after application of the treatment.

original research, published in professional journals
(researcher collects and interprets new data)

Research + Common Sense

A set of related principles and laws that explains a broad aspect of learning, behavior, or another area of interest.

Selection by chance into different treatment groups. Intended to ensure that the groups are equal at the start of an experiment.

Group that receives treatment during an experiment.

experiments designed to see if changes in one variable cause changes in another

Core subjects, learning and innovation skills, information, media, and technology skills, and life and career skills.

synthesis of primary research, used to see how well an intervention works

The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question rather than other factors.

Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.

used to see if students have learned material right after it has been presented