# online degree in educational psychology

SPSSI Journals » Some groups of students—typically those who have suffered because of historical inequality in society—disproportionately experience psychological barriers to educational success. These psychological… Spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Improving Students' Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology - PubMed » Many students are being left behind by an educational system that some people believe is in crisis. Improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central premise of this monograph is that one part of a solution involves helping students to better regulate their learning t … Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Teachers’ perceptions of students’ executive functions: Disparities by gender, ethnicity, and ELL status. » Teacher-report is commonly used to assess executive functions (EFs) in schools, but teachers’ perceptions of EF skills may be biased by students’ demographic characteristics. In this short-term longitudinal study, we assessed whether students’ gender, ethnicity, and English language learner (ELL) status predicted teachers’ reports of students’ EFs, beyond what would be expected based on direct assessment of EFs. In addition, we tested whether these associations changed between the fall and spring. Data were drawn from a school-based study of third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students (N = 558, 33 classrooms, 8 schools) in which students’ EFs were measured using direct assessments and teacher reports in the fall and spring. Using path analysis to control for the contribution of the direct assessment of EFs, we found systematic gender, ethnic, and ELL status disparities in teachers’ reports of students’ EFs. Moreover, these disparities did not change between the fall and spring. Given increased i Psycnet.apa.org

Nathan, Mitchell - Educational Psychology » School of Education Edpsych.education.wisc.edu

Defining and understanding dyslexia: past, present and future » Dyslexia is a difficulty in learning to decode (read aloud) and to spell. DSM5 classifies dyslexia as one form of neurodevelopmental disorder. Neurodevelopmental disorders are heritable, life-long conditions with early onset. For many years, research… Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

MJ Kim - Southern Regional Education Board » Analyst II Sreb.org

Jian “MJ” Mao, Education Studies and International Studies - School of Education » What brought you to UW–Madison?  First, the excellent quality of education at UW–Madison. Second, coming from a bustling city of more than 25 million people in Shanghai and then spending two years in Honolulu on the tiny island of Oahu, Madison felt like the right place with just enough vibe of a city but without… Education.wisc.edu

Delphi: a technique to harness expert opinion for critical decision‐making tasks in education » Expert rather than general or informal opinion is often sought in the development of educational policy. Decisions to be made regarding best practice, the most effective way to deliver services,… Tandfonline.com