EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (ED P)
300. Development Throughout Life (3) Life span development within the
context of physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and moral development;
emphasis on the dynamics of personal growth.
301. Child Development (3) Human growth and development from conception
through early adolescence; integration of behavioral principles into the
elementary school setting. P, admission to the College of Education.
310. Learning in the Schools (3) Psychological principles applied to
learning and instructional design in the educational setting, emphasizing
learning and instructional variables and their applications. P, admission to the
College of Education.
340. Research in Education (3) Basic concepts essential to the
comprehension of research in education, including measurement principles and
descriptive statistics.
358. Psychological Measurement in Education (3) Psychometric methods as
applied to the assessment of achievement, mental ability, and attitudes. P, 340.
402. Early Adolescent Development (3) Major cognitive, psychosocial,
physical and anthropological developmental theory of early adolescence (ages
10-14 years old). Also, the implications of theory into practice regarding early
adolescents and schooling.
403. Preadolescent and Adolescent Development (3) Major developmental
tasks within the preadolescent and adolescent years. Emphasis on the importance
of theoretically grounded research and the integration of theory, research and
practice. (Identical with FS 403).
411. Computer Applications in Education (3) Essentials of computer
operations; presentations software; software evaluations; telecommunications;
computer-based diagnosis; application to instruction. May be convened with 511.
412. Multimedia Production in Education (3) Developing hypermedia
materials for classrooms. Design models and structures for the development of
hypermedia materials. Team development for creating hypermedia materials. Design
and implementation of hypermedia materials for instruction. P, 411 or consent of
instructor.
500. Life Span Development (3) Overview of major findings of theories of
development from infancy throughout late adulthood. Special emphasis on
cognitive, linguistic, and sociocultural development with concentration on
applications to instruction and assessment. (Identical with FS 500).
501. Advanced Child Development (3) Aspects of growth and development
which influence behavior of the school-age child; emphasis on current research
findings. P, 301.
502. Motivation and Development in Classroom Learning (3) Major theories
of motivation as they bear upon developmental and classroom dynamics. Special
emphasis on the relationships among basic and applied research and suggested
classroom practice.
503. Advanced Adolescent Development (3) Major developmental tasks
within the adolescent years. Emphasis on the importance or theoretically
grounded research and the integration of theory, research and practice.
(Identical with FS 503).
510. Learning Theory in Education (3) Major theories of learning and
motivation; emphasis on relationships between theory and practice in the
schools.
511. Computer Applications in Education (3) For a description of course
topics see 411. Graduate-level requirements include a substantial multimedia
production project. May be convened with 411.
512. Multimedia Production in Education (3) For a description of course
topics see 412. Graduate-level requirements include justification of production
with learning bases. P, 511 or consent of instructor.
517. Classroom Application of Behavior Modification Techniques (3)
Application of behavior principles and techniques to promote learning and social
development of school-related behavior. P, 510 or CR.
523. Socio-Cultural Context of Human Development (3) (Identical with FS
523, which is home). May be convened with 423.
541. Statistical Methods in Education (3) Descriptive, correlational,
and inferential procedures for presenting and analyzing school and research
data. For students in all fields. 3R, 1L.
548. Statistical Packages in Research (4) Covers SPSS and SAS; creating
data files; writing syntax; understanding documentation and output. Descriptive
statistics, chi-square test of independence, regression, ANOVA. P, 541 or
equivalent.
557. Design of Questionnaires and Scales (3) Emphasis on theoretical and
methodological issues related to the development of survey and rating scales,
sampling procedures, and response bias.
558. Educational Tests and Measurements (3) Theoretical and practical
application of psychometric techniques to test construction, analysis, and
interpretation of test results. P, 541.
559. Assessment of Minorities (3) Critical review of major recent
research findings applied to state-of-the-art assessment models and measures,
includes hands-on-practice assessment with minority school children.
600. Theories of Human Development (3) Critical discussion of research
standards, methodologies, and findings of traditional and contemporary
developmental theories. Emphasis on applications to developing a personal
theoretical position and opening research interests.
613. Psychological Theory in Educational Practice (3) Major theories of
psychological thought; strategies for utilizing such theories in educationally
relevant research. P, 510.
614. Research in Educational Technologies (3) Theoretical bases for
research. Review of research design. Examination of research and technologies.
Identification of designs useful in research on use of technologies. Design and
implementation of mini-study with report to class. P, 511, EDUC 500, or LRC 530.
615A - 615B -. Developmental Issues in Schooling (3-3) Policy, theory,
research for understanding and assessing student's development and socialization
in instructional settings. 615a: Affecting development. Theory and research
needed for exploring how students develop and learn the informal curriculum in
educational settings. 615b: Foundations, policy, theoretical, methodological and
educationally applied issues related to contemporary measures for young children
across different developmental areas; practice in applying assessment models is
provided.
619A - 619B -. Design of Instructional Technologies (3-3) 619a: Historical
and theoretical bases for developing instructional technologies; emphasis on
relationship between learning theory and instructional technologies. P, 510.
619b: Emphasis on production and evaluation using multimedia and other
technologies. P, 619a.
640. Advanced Statistical Methods in Education (3) Inferential
procedures for analyzing educational data; includes nonparametric methods and
introduction to multivariate and causal procedures. P, 541.
646. Multidimensional Methods in Educational Research (3) Provides an
understanding of and facility with research application of multivariate
correlational techniques, such as multiple regression, discriminant function,
canonical correlation, and factor analysis. P, 640. Course
number expanded to: 646a-646b. Fall '98.
646A - 646B -. Multivariate Methods in Educational Research (3-3) 646a:
Regression: Covers simple and multiple linear regression models, less squares
parameter estimation, statistical inference in regression, techniques for
selecting a model and diagnosing fit problems. 646b: Experimental Design;
confounding of effects, statistical power, diagnosing violations of assumptions,
crossed and nested designs including one way multiple comparison procedure. P,
640 or equivalent, 548.
647. Factor Analytic Techniques in Education (3) Principles and
techniques of factor analytic procedures for analyzing data in educational
research. P, 640.
658A - 658B -. Theory of Measurement (3-3) Advanced topics in theoretical
and practical issues in psychometrics. 658a: Classical test theory including
generalizability theory. 658b: Item response theory, scaling, and
computer-adaptive testing. P, 548, 558, and 640 or CR. 658a is not prerequisite
to 658b.
673. Theories of Intellectual Assessment (3) Various theories and models
of human ability and their implications for intellectual assessment. P, 558 or
CR.
679. Psychoeducational Assessment in the Schools (3) Psychoeducational
assessment techniques; practice in prescribing remedial programs.
682. Evaluation of Educational Technologies (3) Evaluation for use in
educational settings of instructional, measurement, and tool software; hardware;
local and wide area network systems. P, 511 or consent of instructor.
693. Internship
a. Research/Evaluation (1-3) [Rpt.12 units]
c. College Teaching (1-3) [Rpt./12 units]
695. Colloquium
b. Issues in Educational Psychology (1-3) [Rpt./12 units]
696. Seminar
b. Issues in Educational Psychology (1-5) [Rpt./12 units]