PSYC200W: Educational Psychology

Program
Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 0 Credits 3
Educational Psychology covers five broad topics: development, learning, assessment, characteristics of learners, and lesson and classroom management. The development component focuses on developmental theories of cognition and affect as they relate to education. The learning component presents behavioral and cognitive perspectives on learning, problem solving, critical thinking, and critical reasoning. The classroom-management component focuses on the evaluation of learner characteristics to include ethnically diverse learners and learners with disabilities.