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ED 522 Educational and Developmental Psychology (3)
Psychological principles applied to the teaching/learning process: growth and maturation of the learner from birth through adolescence; overview of various approaches, such as cognitive-adaptive, Piaget, Erikson, Vygotsky; factors of efficient learning/teaching; scaffolding and constructivist theory; individual differences; motivation; classroom management; effective study; transfer of learning; and principles and purposes of measurement and evaluation. Field experience required.
