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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Zambo, Debby; Zambo, Ron – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2011
Information from neuroscience is readily available to educators, yet instructors of educational psychology and related fields have not investigated teachers' beliefs regarding this information. The purpose of this survey study was to uncover the beliefs 62 teachers held about neuroscience and education. Results indicate there were three types of…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Teacher Attitudes, Neurology, Scientific Research
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Lusk, Danielle L.; Jones, Brett D. – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2011
Because of the importance of students' and teachers' implicit beliefs about intelligence, we designed a study to determine: (a) How is intelligence defined--as a malleable or fixed entity--in introductory educational psychology textbooks? and (b) To what extent are classroom applications of intelligence topics included in the textbooks? We…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Introductory Courses, Textbooks, Intelligence
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Alderman, M. Kay; Beyeler, Julia – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which preservice teachers understood and applied motivation concepts personally as learners and professionally for their future classroom practice. An assignment in an educational psychology class required the students to construct a motivational toolbox with five strategies for themselves…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Educational Psychology
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Zambo, Debby – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2007
In 1912 William James proclaimed that psychology and pedagogy were unquestionably intertwined and equally important foundations of effective practice. Unfortunately, many students seeking degrees in education sometimes do not recognize the importance and applicability of educational psychology to pedagogy, especially if it is taught in a way that…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Psychology, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education