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Education
The Hidden Learning (Theories) of Stories

APA Division 15 on July 13, 2023

In classrooms, state standards, dry textbooks, and the quest for efficient learning have sterilized learning at the expense of emotion and engagement.

In classrooms, state standards, dry textbooks, and the quest for efficient learning have sterilized learning at the expense of emotion and engagement.

Artificial Intelligence
Educational Psychology Meets Generative AI

APA Division 15 on May 11, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is kicking-up a storm in universities, colleges, and K-12 schools. The AI field is advancing at breakneck speed.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is kicking-up a storm in universities, colleges, and K-12 schools. The AI field is advancing at breakneck speed.

Education
Can Ed Psych Inform Education for the Greater Good?

APA Division 15 on October 18, 2022

Orchestrated political attacks often threaten educators’ efforts to address racial injustice. What should the role of educational psychologists be in this landscape?

Orchestrated political attacks often threaten educators’ efforts to address racial injustice. What should the role of educational psychologists be in this landscape?

Motivation
What the World Needs Now (More Than Ever)

APA Division 15 on January 18, 2021

The psychological forces that collectively inspire “motivation at its (human) best” are available to each and every one of us.

The psychological forces that collectively inspire “motivation at its (human) best” are available to each and every one of us.

Anxiety
Managing Uncertainty: Helping Parents in Uncertain Times

APA Division 15 on August 11, 2020

With the increasing probability that K-12 online learning will continue in some form this fall, many parents are likely uncertain about whether and how they can handle it again.

With the increasing probability that K-12 online learning will continue in some form this fall, many parents are likely uncertain about whether and how they can handle it again.

Education
Stop "Fixing" Your Brain by Believing in Learning Styles

APA Division 15 on June 23, 2020

The learning styles myth is arguably the most well-known and influential of the 70-plus learning style models found to date in the literature. It is simply not true.

The learning styles myth is arguably the most well-known and influential of the 70-plus learning style models found to date in the literature. It is simply not true.

Coronavirus Disease 2019
Crash Course: How to Be a Teacher

APA Division 15 on March 30, 2020

For those of you parents/grandparents/guardians who are now also teachers, here are five things you might take from the “first year teacher handbook.”

For those of you parents/grandparents/guardians who are now also teachers, here are five things you might take from the “first year teacher handbook.”

Cognition
Think Critically Before Thinking Critically

APA Division 15 on February 11, 2020

Helping people manage the myriad of information sources available today requires critical thinking, which includes evaluation of both content and sources.

Helping people manage the myriad of information sources available today requires critical thinking, which includes evaluation of both content and sources.

Forgiveness
Who Gets the Credit, Who Gets the Blame?

APA Division 15 on January 16, 2020

When students succeed, who do they give credit to? When they fail, who do they blame? Attributions of this sort have a substantial impact in the lives of learners.

When students succeed, who do they give credit to? When they fail, who do they blame? Attributions of this sort have a substantial impact in the lives of learners.

Education
Reading Recovery

APA Division 15 on November 21, 2019

Teaching young children to read and write, especially if they experience difficulty, is a complicated task. A preventative intervention called Reading Recovery may help.

Teaching young children to read and write, especially if they experience difficulty, is a complicated task. A preventative intervention called Reading Recovery may help.

Education
Learning the Lessons of Teacher Selection

APA Division 15 on March 7, 2019

One way to strengthen the teaching workforce is to ensure that the right people are selected in the first place. To do this, it’s time we learn from fields outside of education.

One way to strengthen the teaching workforce is to ensure that the right people are selected in the first place. To do this, it’s time we learn from fields outside of education.

Education
Confessions of a School Board Member

APA Division 15 on June 4, 2018

I have to confess that for the past 37 years, I have been leading a secret double life as a school board member in my home community of Goleta, California.

I have to confess that for the past 37 years, I have been leading a secret double life as a school board member in my home community of Goleta, California.

Leadership
Bringing Educational Psychology to School Improvement Teams

APA Division 15 on May 10, 2018

Educational psychologists can serve on School Improvement Teams, bringing their expertise in the scholarship of learning and teaching to school leaders, teachers, and the public.

Educational psychologists can serve on School Improvement Teams, bringing their expertise in the scholarship of learning and teaching to school leaders, teachers, and the public.

Education
Decision-Making and the Education Policymaker

APA Division 15 on April 9, 2018

How do education policymakers make their decisions, and how might educational psychologists best engage with education policymakers to influence their decision-making process?

How do education policymakers make their decisions, and how might educational psychologists best engage with education policymakers to influence their decision-making process?

Mind Reading
Is It Mind Reading? Interpreting Inference Interference

APA Division 15 on November 20, 2017

Reading is an amazingly simple, yet complex construct with a modest goal: understanding. MOCCA, a new diagnostic assessment, can help identify reading comprehension struggles.

Reading is an amazingly simple, yet complex construct with a modest goal: understanding. MOCCA, a new diagnostic assessment, can help identify reading comprehension struggles.

Education
Individualized Comprehension Instruction in K-2

APA Division 15 on September 11, 2017

Statistics that show a significant percentage of U.S. students performing below basic proficiency levels in reading. Focus on student ability to make inferences may help.

Statistics that show a significant percentage of U.S. students performing below basic proficiency levels in reading. Focus on student ability to make inferences may help.

Education
How Education Research Can Track Intrapersonal Changes

APA Division 15 on April 25, 2017

Education research should focus on situations and processes, not just on differences between groups of people. Intrapersonal research advocates personalized approaches to learning.

Education research should focus on situations and processes, not just on differences between groups of people. Intrapersonal research advocates personalized approaches to learning.