What Good Is Educational Psychology?
In the reading called "What Good Is Educationional Psychology?" they discuss when psychology is used with education it can make a difference. They discussed that when different skills are not developed in certain areas that it will affect the child's learning later on. In a study by Beck, McKeown, Sinatra, and Loxterman fifth grade students read a U.S history passage about the French and Indian War (Mayer, 4). After the passage was read by the students, researchers discovered that most students did not have useful background information to help them understand the reading (4). Beck et. al. rewrote the passage to help student to be able to apply and organize the passage (4). When students read the revised version of the textbook they scored 50% higher on an essay test, the those students who read the original textbook (Mayer, 4). In this reading the found that it was more useful not to go with the traditional way of teaching, but to do other teaching methods that will be more successful.
After reading this passage it made me realize that different approaches to teaching education to children must happen. When children do not understand something they get pushed farther behind in gaining skills they should be developing. I think there should be more one on one time available to the students. The one on one time can provide information about where the child is at in understanding the material and a teaching method that should be applied to that child to help them benefit to their fullest potential. I think if we start applying new information more children will benefit in the long run.
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