Applied Educational Psychology Program
Ph.D. Degree
This program is in the process of being restructured as a specialization within the new doctoral concentration, Learning Environments and Educational Studies (LEEDS). Upon approval LEEDS will begin admitting students for fall 2010.
*Students applying for admission for Fall 2010 or later should refer to the LEEDS program for program requirements.
The Applied Educational Psychology Program provides study for students with varying interests in the areas of human learning and development or statistics and measurement. Doctoral students selecting the first area of emphasis focus on acquisition and participatory theories of learning and development and the role of the teacher/mediator of learning experiences. Doctoral students selecting the second area of emphasis focus on quantitative methods, research design, and test construction. This program involves a community of learners in which beginning students, advanced students and faculty members come together regularly to share with and learn from one another. The cornerstone of this program is a seminar attended by all students (for the first three years) as well as the program’s faculty members. Collaboration on research projects, group trips to professional meetings, and social events also help to create the sense that “I belong; others care about me; and everyone benefits from the groups’ array of skills, knowledge, background, and contacts.” The program is intended for individuals focused on high level professional careers in a wide range of settings such as higher education, K-12 education, community-based agencies, and research institutions.
The faculty members affiliated with this program are first-rate scholars in their respective disciplines. For example, Katherine Greenberg is internationally known in the field of cognitive education for the Cognitive Enrichment Advantage Approach (CEA/COGNET), a collaborative learning intervention based on mediated learning theories and validated by extensive research that is used in 7 countries. Schuyler Huck is the author of several texts on applied statistics and research design including his newest textbook, Reading Statistics and Research; is a former President of AERA's SIG for Educational Statisticians, and has had two of his students win Outstanding Dissertation Awards in national competitions. Steve McCallum has created the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test and is widely known as a researcher in cognitive areas, including self-efficacy.
Updated 09/16/2008
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