Academic Areas & Divisions

Educational Psychology

Educational Psychology Course Offerings

Summer Quarter 2008

(Please note that the online time schedule currently contains some incorrect or incomplete course info; for current correct info on courses contact the EDPSY office, 312 MLR, 543-1139).

Please Note: The timing and instructors for our course offerings do vary occasionally from year to year, so this document does change. If you have any questions regarding a specific course offering, please contact: kjewell@u.washington.edu

Also: Complete Educational Psychology course descriptions are also listed here on the main UW pages.

EDPSY 228 Learning and Motivation in Contexts (5)

How people learn and remember, what motivates them to learn, and how learning and motivation are shaped by social contexts in homes, schools, and communities. Cognitive and socio-cultural theories of learning and motivation (including distributed cognition, goal theories, self-determination theory, and interest theories), especially as related to college learners.

Prerequisites: This course is for incoming Freshmen only as part of the Discovery Seminars series.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Pre-Autumn Quarter
Current Instructor(s): Nolen

EDPSY 304 Educational Psychology (5)

Human learning in the educational setting. Cognition, development, learning, motivation, affective processes, and socialization. Emphasis on skills in influencing classroom learning and discipline.

Prerequisites: Admission to the Music Education Teacher Certification Program and concurrent enrollment in EDTEP 302.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Bransford

EDPSY 449 Laboratory in Educational Psychology (2-6, max. 6)

Special studies for counselors, teachers, administrators & others concerned with student personnel and psychological services in schools and colleges. The course focuses on special topics that have either local or contemporary significance.

Entry code required
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Summer
Current Instructor(s): Varies

EDPSY 490 Basic Educational Statistics (3)

Measures of central tendency and variability, point and interval estimation, linear correlation and hypothesis testing.

Prerequisite: No Freshmen
Entry code required
Frequency of Offering: Every Quarter
Current Instructors: Abbott, Klockars

EDPSY 495 Introduction to Educational Measurement (3)

Practical understanding of test reliability, validity, and derived scores as they apply to external educational assessments; concepts of criterion and norm-referenced testing; review of group administered norm-referenced tests and/or testing programs; test interpretation; issues and ethics in large scale assessment.

Prerequisite: EDPSY 490
Entry code required
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructors: Taylor

EDPSY 499 Undergraduate Research (Variable)

Students developing studies under this rubric should be advised that a report or paper setting forth the results of their investigations should be regarded as a basic part of the program.

Prerequisites: Approved plan of study and permission of supervising instructor must be filed in the Office of Educational Psychology in 312 Miller.
Entry code required
Frequency of Offering: All Quarters

EDPSY 500 Field Study (Variable)

Individual graduate level study of an educational problem in the field under the direction of an Ed Psych faculty member.

Prerequisites: Approved plan of study and permission of supervising instructor must be filed in the Office of Educational Psychology in 312 Miller.
Entry Code Required
Frequency of Offering: All Quarters

EDPSY 501 Human Learning and Educational Practice (3)

Systematic examination of current research about human learning in educational settings, including the study of behavioral, information processing, social construction, and the developmental perspectives on learning.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Entry Code Required
Frequency of Offering: Every Quarter
Current Instructors: Bell, Bransford, Frederiksen, Herrenkohl , & Stevens

EDPSY 502 Developmental Foundations of Early Learning (3)

Perceptual-motor, language and overall cognitive development in children from birth through primary-school age. Emphasis on Piagetian and Vygotskian approaches to development with a special focus on the connections between learning and development. Field-based course projects may be required.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501, or permission of instructor.
Entry Code Required
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Herrenkohl , McCutchen

EDPSY 503 Theories of Intelligence (3)

Reading and discussion of theoretical and research papers from the extensive literature on Piagetian, psychometric and information processing conceptions of intelligence. A historical approach to the topic is followed by an analysis of current writings on intelligence and its measurement.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501, graduate status in Education or Psychology.
Entry Code Required
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Varies

EDPSY 506 Instructional Theory (3)

Sources, current state and utility of prescriptive instruction theories with emphasis upon theories having a potential for guiding the design of instruction.

Prerequisite: EDPSY 501, or equivalent.
Entry Code Required
Frequency of Offering: Bi-Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Bell

EDPSY 507 Reading, Writing and Arithmetic: Educational Assessment & Consultation (5)

Students administer and interpret tests of reading, writing, arithmetic and related developmental skills; integrate test, observational, interview and portfolio information in staffings and written reports; consult with teachers regarding educational interventions.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in the School Psychology specialization and permission of instructor.
Entry Code Required
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor: Berninger

EDPSY 508 Clinical Supervision- Practicum (2-6, max. 12)

Practicum in supervising counseling, group counseling, diagnostic activities, and remedial academic therapy.

Prerequisites: Advanced graduate standing.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Every Autumn, Winter and Spring
Current Instructor(s): Mazza

EDPSY 509 Educational Issues in Human Development (5)

Human Development theories. Educational implications of theory, methodology, and application. Current research complements the historical antecedents of current practice. Age range covered varies as function of current issues in professional literature

Prerequisites: 15 credits in Educational Psychology or Psychology.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Jones, D.

EDPSY 510 Cognition in the Context of the School Curriculum (3)

Contemporary issues and trends in human learning, with a focus on reasoning within subject-matter areas such as mathematics, history, and science.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-Annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): McCutchen & Bell

EDPSY 511 Seminar in Applied Educational Psychology (1, max. 6)

Designed for graduate students in Educational Psychology. Applications of theoretical constructs to particular problems encountered in school counseling practice.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional
Current Instructor(s): Varies

EDPSY 512 Classroom Assessment Strategies (3)

Development and evaluation of traditional, essay, performance-based, portfolio assessments and grading models as they are used in classroom assessment; some review of current research on classroom-based assessment; classroom assessment ethics.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Taylor

EDPSY 513 Instrument Development (3)

Instrument development techniques including construct development, test and item specifications, item writing, planning for reliability and validity studies & ethics in test administration and interpretation. Intended for doctoral or masters students to develop instruments for their own research.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Taylor

EDPSY 518 Reading Disability: Assessment and Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities (3)

Techniques for individual assessment of students with reading difficulties (K-12) including formal assessment using standard assessment tools and informal diagnostic teaching. Appropriate for classroom teachers, reading specialists, and school psychologists. Case studies will be analyzed and conducted.

Prerequisites: EDC&I 460, 461, other reading courses, or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): McCutchen & Valencia

EDPSY 519 Vulnerable Children and Families in Comparative Perspective: Psychosocial Developmental Processes (3)

Course covers research and theory examining the effects of disability, poverty, trauma and immigration and its impact on child development across cultures, effective interventions in educational and non-educational settings, and the consequences of critical issues in the contextet of psycho-social and developmental processes in different cultural and international contexts.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.

Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Jegatheesan

EDPSY 520 Psychology of Reading (3)

Reviews current empirical research on cognitive processes in reading, including word and sub-word processes, syntax and comprehension, reading and perception, word recognition, concept development and meaning in reading, psychology of reading interests and skills.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): McCutchen

EDPSY 521 Psychology of Writing (3)

Examines writing as a cognitive process and reviews current empirical research on writing, emphasizing primarily studies from a psychological perspective. Explores both developmental differences and individual differences in writing skills, together with instructional implications.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): McCutchen

EDPSY 522 Reading Disability Clinic (3-5)

Supervised practicum in diagnosis and remediation of reading disabilities.

Prerequisites: EDTEP 532, 533 or equivalent; EDC&I 460 or permission of instructor
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Berninger

EDPSY 523 Foundations of Ethnogaphic Research (3)

Exploration of the main components of ethnographic endeavor. Students learn to conduct ethnographic research including field entry, observing, listening, data analysis, and writing; typical issues and quandaries ecountered in carrying fieldwork in a variety of settings, ethical issues, comprehension, intrusion, and access, experience and empathy, and power dynamics, and predicament.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.

Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor(s): Jegatheesan

EDPSY 524 Problem Solving and Critical Thinking in Education (3)

Study of the classic and contemporary research literature concerned with human problem solving and critical thinking with emphasis upon applications to educational practice and further research.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 525 Creativity and Education (3)

Study of the classic and contemporary research literature about creativity with emphasis upon applications to educational practice, evaluation of strategies to promote creativity in the schools, and further research.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 526 Seminar on Metacognition (3)

Students read and discuss theoretical and research papers from the extensive literature on metacognition. Focuses on defining the concept of metacognition, establishing its range of applicability to educational matters, and becoming familiar with excellent examples of metacognitive research.

Prerequisites: Graduate status in Education or Psychology and permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s): McCutchen, Nolen

EDPSY 527 Transfer of Teaching (3)

Students read and discuss a representative sample of theoretical and research papers from extensive literature on teaching to promote transfer of what students learn to non-teaching environments. Historical approach to the topic is followed by analysis of current writings on transfer.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 and Graduate status in Education or Psychology.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering:
Current Instructor(s): Bransford

EDPSY 528 Achievement Motivation in Education (3)

Critical review of current research and major theories of achievement motivation in schools and other educational settings. Emphasis on the relationship of theories to the contexts and practice of education.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Nolen

EDPSY 530Vygotsky's Sociocultural Approach to Mind (5)

Course will be devoted to critically reading and discussing the work of L.S. Vygotskey as well as contemporary psychologists and educators who have investigated cognition in social context. We will also discuss the implications of those approaches for the design of learning environments.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501, or permission of instructor.
Entry Code Required
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor(s): Herrenkohl

EDPSY 531 Socialization of School-Age Children (3)

Study of personal social development and behavior from preschool age through preadolescence. Developmental theory and research are reviewed on the socialization influences of parents and peers and on such topics as aggression, emotional regulation, and social cognition.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Jones, D.

EDPSY 532 Adolescence and Youth (3)

Developmental processes and patterns examined with major theoretical and current research themes from behavioral sciences as applied to middle school and senior high students. Educational issues, social problems associated with adolescence in Western culture.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor(s): Jones, D.

EDPSY 533 Current Research in Adolescence (3)

Contemporary trends and patterns of adolescent research are examined with emphasis upon theoretical foundations, contrasting methodologies, and implications for further research. Exemplary studies and integrative reviews of research on adolescence are featured.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 532 and 591, or equivalents.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-Annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Jones, D.

EDPSY 534 School Problems of Adolescence (3)

Study of the classic, contemporary and emerging school problems of school age youth, with emphasis upon problem solving strategies for educators and associated youth service personnel. Includes problems of academic achievement, interpersonal relations, and social deviancy in the schools.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 532.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Jones, D.

EDPSY 535 Education and the Highly Capable Learner (3)

Examination of major issues and problems in study and nurturance of highly capable children and youth in the educational setting. Emphasis placed on contributions of theory and research to educational problem solving for multiple aspects of advanced human capacity.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 501 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Spring
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 536 Immigrant and Indigenous Children: Social Context of Learning (3)

Course will focus on the broad context of family, school and society of immigrant and indigenous young children in the United States, and is designed to introduce students to the complex interplay of socio-cultural and psychological factors that impatct these children's learning.

Prerequisites: College of Education graduate students or instructor permission.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Jegatheesan

EDPSY 540 School Psychological Assessment (5)

Study of assessment of human intelligence with supervised training in the administration, scoring and interpretation of individual intelligence tests with emphasis on Stanford-Binet and Wechsler scales.

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing in School Psychology Program or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor(s): Jones, J.

EDPSY 541 Group Tests in Counseling (5)

Emphasis on the utilization of objective measures in counseling.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 542 Career Development (3)

Emphasis on vocational development theory and research. Psychological, social, and economic determinants of vocational development and choice are examined as a basis for vocational counseling.

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 543 Facilitating Career Development (3)

Theory and practice in exploring, self-identified strengths, interests, resources, and other considerations when developing career plans. Emphasizes career development in the schools.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 544 Counseling Theory (5)

Emphasis on the theory and practice of counseling.

Prerequisites: Graduate Status in School Counseling or School Psychology Programs or instructor permission.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Mazza

EDPSY 545 Prepracticum (3)

Competency-based skills training for beginning counseling and school psychology students. Attending, listening, focusing, and intervening behaviors for use with adults and children. Introduction to theories of helping.

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing in School Counseling or School Psychology, or instructor permission.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 546 Counseling Practicum (3-5)

Supervised practice in counseling.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 545
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Mazza

EDPSY 548 Educational Implications of Personality Theory (5)

Study of personality development and personality theories with continuous attention to the meaning of these in educational practice, testing, and counseling.

Prerequisites: 15 credits of Psychology or Educational Psychology.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor(s): Hurley

EDPSY 549 Seminar in Consultation Methods (3)

Theory and practice of process consultation in educational settings. Field practice in teams with clients.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in School Psychology or School Counseling.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Mazza

EDPSY 550 Family Counseling (3)

Introduction to family counseling theory and practice, emphasizing family dynamics and communication analysis.

Prerequisites: EdpSY 544 or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Jones, J.

EDPSY 551 Group and Behavioral Intervention (3)

Introduction to competency-based skills for beginning school psychology students. Includes basic processes of group management skills with children including group process in social skills training, problem-solving techniques, behavioral principles, and parent training.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 545, or a course in counseling techniques, or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Cunningham

EDPSY 552 Multicultural Issues in School Counseling and School Psychology (5)

Examination of multicultural issues as they relate to the delivery of services provided by school counselors and school psychologists. Theoretical and applied aspects emphasized and case study format utilized.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Jones, J.

EDPSY 555 Seminar in Counseling Specialty (1-2, max. 6)

Oriented toward the role of a counselor as a professional worker.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 560 Advanced Practicum in Personality Assessment (3)

This course is designed for doctoral level school psychologists to learn advanced personality assessment for diagnosis of emotional and behavioral disorders.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 540 and EDPSY 564; open to doctoral students only.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Jones, J.

EDPSY 561 Group Process Laboratory (3)

Explores the theoretical concepts of group process with a special emphasis in how to conduct group process in school and agency settings.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in School Counseling or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 562 Group Counseling in Schools (3)

Provides students with the opportunity to co-facilitate groups in elementary, middle, and secondary schools, supplemented by weekly didactic presentations of counseling and guidance models.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 561 or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 564 Practicum in School Psychology (1-6)

Practicum in appraisal and counseling, emphasizing diagnoses and counseling with behavior and learning disabilities, and focusing on techniques acquired in 540 and 545.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 540 and 545.
Entry code required
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Cunningham, & Jones, J.

EDPSY 565 Advanced Practicum in Assessment and Cognitive Therapy with High Risk Students with E/BD (3, max. 6)

Designed for doctoral level school psychologists to learn advanced assessment and cognitive therapy techniques in working with students with EBD under the supervision of a licensed psychologist during a two-quarter sequence.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 544, EDPSY 546 or equivalent, and enrollment in the School Psychology Ph.D. program
Entry Code Required
Frequency of Offering: Annual
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 566 Case Study Seminar (1, max. 4)

Integrating theoretical concepts with practice/service issues. Cases selected for discussion represent a wide range of problems found in schools. Activities include group supervision and peer review.

Prerequisites: Graduate Status in School Psychology or permission of instructor.
Please note that EDPSY 566 is offered during Summer Quarter as a Peer Review course for School Psychologists seeking to renew their certification with a WA-approved peer review course.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, every quarter
Current Instructor(s): Cunningham

EDPSY 568 Seminar in Professional Issues and Ethics (3)

Professional ethics codes and cases, history of counseling or school psychology, legal problems, credentialing issues, conditions of practice, continuing education, publishing, and presenting research papers.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Educational Psychology or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Jones, J.

EDPSY 569 Seminar in Counseling Psychology Research (2)

Methodological and professional issues related to research in counseling and psychological services. Counseling psychology research literature with focus on content and methods.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 591 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 570 Introduction to School Psychology (2, max. 4)

Current issues in professional psychology practice and research.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in School Psychology program.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor(s): Mazza

EDPSY 572 Social-Emotional Assessment (3)

Techniques in social-emotional assessment of school-aged children. Diagnostic systems including DSM IV and ICD-10 presented in conjunction with assessment techniques. Emphasis on integrative method for understanding social-emotional assessment batteries and their test score interpretation.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in School Psychology or Counseling, or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor(s): Mazza & Cunningham

EDPSY 573 Psychological Assessment of Pre-school Children (3)

Students learn to give and interpret tests of intellectual development to assess language, play, social/emotional functioning, and to write psychological assessment reports for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in School Psychology.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Rutberg-Self

EDPSY 575 Structural Equation Modeling (3)

Theory and data analysis using linear structural equation models. Application to data in educational research.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 594 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Abbott

EDPSY 576 Hierarchical Linear Models (3)

Theory and data analysis for research models where random factors are nested, such as multi-level data, growth curve analysis, and meta-analysis.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 593 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Abbott

EDPSY 577 Neuropsychology of School Learning and Behavioral Problems (5)

The microstructure, macrostructure, and structural and functional development of the brain are reviewed with a focus on the educational relevance of developmental neuropsychology. We read and critique articles in four areas: hemispheric differences and integration; neurological soft signs; attention deficit and hyperactivity; language, reading and learning disabilities; and medical syndromes.

Instructor permission and entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Berninger

EDPSY 578 Educational Applications of Neuropsychology: Assessment and Intervention (5)

Students observe and administer neuropsychological tests and plan and carry out educational interventions for children with neuropsychological disorders. Content focuses on various neuropsychological disorders for which school psychologists can provide assessment and consultation.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 540 or equivalent course in individual testing and EDPSY 471, or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Berninger

EDPSY 580 Seminar: The Emergence of Educational Psychology (3)

Examination of documents by selected contributors to the field of educational psychology. Special focus on period from mid-nineteenth century to the later twentieth century.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 581 Seminar in Educational Psychology (1-3, max. 15)

Advanced seminar on selected topics in educational psychology. A critical appraisal of current research.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Educational Psychology or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: All quarters
Current Instructor(s): Numerous

EDPSY 582 Seminar in Development and Socialization (3, max. 15)

Advanced seminar on selected topics concerned with human development and socialization processes. Emphasis placed upon empirical research and its theoretical underpinnings in such areas as cognitive development, moral development and education, self-concept development, and related concerns.

Prerequisites: Graduate status.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Herrenkohl, Jegatheesan, Jones, Nolen & Kazemi

EDPSY 583 Seminar in Learning and Thinking (3, max. 15)

Seminar in the psychology of learning language and language learning. Each seminar is offered with predesignated emphasis on one of the following topics: linguistics, phonology, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, or semantics.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Bell, Stevens & Herrenkohl

EDPSY 584 Seminar in Quantitative Methods (3, max. 15)

Seminar on such topics as measurement techniques, research design, psychometrics, and statistics.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Klockars, Taylor & Li

EDPSY 586-587 Qualitative Methods of Educational Research (5-5)

Survey of various qualitative research methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives (anthropology, cognitive psychology, policy analysis, and evaluation) with intensive experience in collection, analysis, and reporting of data. This two-quarter course is offered annually as a joint course with EDC&I 578-579.

Prerequisites: Second-year Doctoral standing and one course in statistics.
Advance application and statement, instructor permission, and entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn and Spring (2 quarter series, w/gap between)
Current Instructor(s): Kazemi, Knapp, Portin, Stevens & Gallucci

EDPSY 588 Survey Research Methodology and Theory (3)

Survey research, research theory and methodology. Probability theory, sampling, human subjects considerations, instrumentation, and analysis techniques. Review and critique by students of theoretical issues in survey research and development of a survey instrument.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Autumn
Current Instructor(s): Klockars

EDPSY 589 Scholarly Writing in Education and Psychology (3)

Introduction to the demands and expectations for technical writing in education and psychology,including aspects of the culture of scholarship. Designed for competent writers. Does not address basic grammar and composition. Credit/ no credit only.

Prerequisites: Doctoral standing, and permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 590 Computer Utilization in Educational Research (3)

Computer utilization in solution of research problems, data reduction to forms amenable to computer solution, appropriate framing of problems for solutions by computer. Using an interactive system, editors, and program packages.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 591 Methods of Educational Research (3)

Introduction to educational research. Primary focus on hypothesis development, experimental design, use of controls, data analysis and interpretation.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: All Quarters
Current Instructor(s): Abbott, Newman, & Jones, D.

EDPSY 592 Advanced Educational Measurements (3)

Theory of measurement; an examination of assumptions involved in test theory, errors of measurement, factors affecting reliability and validty, and item analysis standards for educational and psychological tests.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Taylor & Li

EDPSY 593 Experimental Design and Analysis (5)

Experimental design with emphasis on the analysis of variance.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Winter
Current Instructor(s): Klockars

EDPSY 594 Advanced Correlational Techniques (5)

Multivariate analysis, including regression and multiple correlation; matrix algebra; factor analysis.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Annual, Spring
Current Instructor(s): Abbott

EDPSY 595 Item Response Theory Models of Testing (3)

In depth exploration of IRT and binomial test theory models and their roles in the development of large scale educational and psychological tests.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent, and EDPSY 592 or 594
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Occasional, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Taylor

EDPSY 596 Program Evaluation (3)

Advanced course in evaluation research emphasizing nontraditional designs, especially those that impose severe ecological constraints on the evaluators.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 593, EDPSY 594, EDC&I 597, or permission of instructor.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s):

EDPSY 597 Technical Requirements of Large Scale Tests (3)

Theoretical and practical understanding of the quantitative aspects of large scale tests, including: scaling, norms development, and the development of derived and interpretive scores, evidence for validity and reliability.

Prerequisites: EDPSY 490 or equivalent, and EDPSY 592.
Entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: Bi-annual, Varies
Current Instructor(s): Taylor

EDPSY 599 Independent Studies in Education (variable)

Independent studies or readings of specialized aspects of education.

Prerequisites: Approved plan of study & permission of supervising instructor must be filed in the Office of Educational Psychology in 312 Miller.
Frequency of Offering: All Quarters
Current Advisers: All

EDPSY 600 Independent Study or Research (variable)

Independent research study in specialized aspects of education.

Prerequisites: Approved plan of study & permission of supervising instructor must be filed in the Office of Educational Psychology in 312 Miller.
Frequency of Offering: All Quarters
Current Advisors: All

EDPSY 601 Internship (variable)

Application form, permission of faculty and field advisors, and entry code required.
Frequency of Offering: All Quarters
Current Supervisors: Berninger & Abbott

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