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11 chapters · 100 video lessons with full transcriptsPsychology 120 · 3 credits · recommended for credit by NCCRS

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Chapter 1Foundations of Education and Learning

  1. 1.1 · 11 minWhy Do We Even Have Schools? Education's Past and Purpose
  2. 1.2 · 10 minHow People Learn: Psychology Meets the Classroom
  3. 1.3 · 11 minWhat Actually Makes a Great Teacher?
  4. 1.4 · 10 minFive Ways to Think About Learning
  5. 1.5 · 10 minKnow Your Rights: Supporting Students with Disabilities

Chapter 2Memory, Thinking, and the Learning Mind

  1. 2.1 · 9 minHow Your Brain Processes Everything You Learn
  2. 2.2 · 9 minHow Memory Works: A Classic Model Explained
  3. 2.3 · 9 minFrom a Glance to a Lifetime: How Your Brain Stores Information
  4. 2.4 · 9 minYour Brain's Sticky Note: Understanding Short-Term Memory
  5. 2.5 · 9 minNever Forget Again: Memory Tricks That Actually Work
  6. 2.6 · 9 minWhy We Forget, and Why That Is Okay
  7. 2.7 · 9 minMental Filing Cabinets: How We Organize What We Know
  8. 2.8 · 9 minTypes of Transfer: Applying What You Have Learned
  9. 2.9 · 9 minThink Smarter: Creativity, Brainstorming, and Solving Problems
  10. 2.10 · 9 minBuilding a Classroom Where Big Ideas Thrive
  11. 2.11 · 9 minStuck on a Problem? How to Unstick Yourself
  12. 2.12 · 9 minWhy Your Brain Takes Shortcuts, and When That Backfires
  13. 2.13 · 9 minThinking Like an Adult: Piaget's Final Stage of Development

Chapter 3Behavior, Conditioning, and Classroom Management

  1. 3.1 · 9 minActions Have Consequences: Thorndike's Big Idea
  2. 3.2 · 9 minPavlov Was Not Just About Dogs: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
  3. 3.3 · 9 minFear by Design: How Watson's Little Albert Experiment Changed Psychology
  4. 3.4 · 9 minRewards, Punishments, and Everything In Between
  5. 3.5 · 9 minHow Often Should You Reward? Finding the Right Schedule
  6. 3.6 · 9 minUse What They Love: The Premack Principle in Your Classroom
  7. 3.7 · 8 minSmall Steps, Big Changes: How to Shape Behavior
  8. 3.8 · 9 minKeeping It Together: Practical Classroom Discipline Strategies
  9. 3.9 · 9 minWhen Students Act Out: Understanding Difficult Behaviors

Chapter 4Cognitive and Social Development in Children

  1. 4.1 · 9 minGrowing Up: What Changes and What Shapes Us
  2. 4.2 · 9 minHow Kids Think: Piaget's Map of the Mind
  3. 4.3 · 9 minLearning by Adjusting: Assimilation and Accommodation
  4. 4.4 · 9 minFrom Baby to Teen: Piaget's Four Stages of Thinking
  5. 4.5 · 9 minLearning Is Social: Vygotsky's Big Idea
  6. 4.6 · 8 minThe Sweet Spot for Learning: ZPD and Scaffolding
  7. 4.7 · 9 minWe Learn Together: Social Constructivism in Action
  8. 4.8 · 9 minGiving Students the Right Mental Tools to Grow
  9. 4.9 · 8 minPiaget and Vygotsky: Two Giants, One Goal
  10. 4.10 · 9 minHow Thinking and Relationships Grow Together

Chapter 5Identity, Language, Morality, and the Whole Child

  1. 5.1 · 9 minWho Am I? Erikson's Eight Stages of Life
  2. 5.2 · 8 minFrom Babble to Books: How Language Develops in Kids
  3. 5.3 · 9 minSpeaking More Than One Language: Why It Matters in Schools
  4. 5.4 · 8 minLearning to Be Good: Moral Development and Kindness in Schools
  5. 5.5 · 8 minIs It Right or Wrong? Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Thinking
  6. 5.6 · 8 minA Different Voice: Gilligan's Take on Morality
  7. 5.7 · 8 minBoys, Girls, and Everyone Else: Gender in the Classroom
  8. 5.8 · 9 minBorn That Way or Raised That Way? The Gender Debate
  9. 5.9 · 8 minIt Takes a Village: Bronfenbrenner's World of Influences
  10. 5.10 · 8 minPutting the Student First: Humanistic Approaches in Education

Chapter 6Motivation, Goals, and the Drive to Learn

  1. 6.1 · 9 minWhy Motivation Is the Engine of Learning
  2. 6.2 · 8 minWatch, Learn, Do: Social-Cognitive Learning in Action
  3. 6.3 · 9 minMeeting Students Where They Are: Maslow's Hierarchy
  4. 6.4 · 9 minBelieve You Can: Attribution Theory in the Classroom
  5. 6.5 · 8 minDo I Want This? Can I Do This? Expectancy-Value Theory
  6. 6.6 · 8 minWhat Are Students Really Trying to Achieve?
  7. 6.7 · 9 minLoving It or Earning It: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
  8. 6.8 · 9 minI Think I Can, or I Am Good At This: Self-Efficacy and Self-Concept
  9. 6.9 · 9 minChoice, Competence, and Connection: Self-Determination Theory
  10. 6.10 · 8 minTaking Charge: Self-Regulated Learning and Teacher Expectations
  11. 6.11 · 8 minWhen Students Stop Trying: Learned Helplessness and Rewards

Chapter 7Individual Differences, Intelligence, and Inclusive Learning

  1. 7.1 · 10 minHow Do We Measure How Smart Someone Is? Intelligence Methods
  2. 7.2 · 9 minFluid, Crystallized, and Multiple Intelligences: The Full Picture
  3. 7.3 · 10 minHow Parenting, Culture, and Socialization Shape the Way We Learn
  4. 7.4 · 9 minWho Am I? Self-Concept, Identity, and How They Change Over Time
  5. 7.5 · 10 minEvery Student Deserves a Plan: Special Education and IEPs
  6. 7.6 · 10 minSpotting and Supporting Students Who Learn Differently
  7. 7.7 · 9 minUnderstanding ADHD in the Classroom
  8. 7.8 · 9 minFinding the Words: Speech, Communication, and Asperger Syndrome
  9. 7.9 · 9 minLearning Without Limits: Supporting Students with Sensory Needs
  10. 7.10 · 9 minWhen the Brain Races Ahead: Teaching Gifted Learners
  11. 7.11 · 9 minTo Group or Not to Group? Ability Grouping, Dysgraphia, and Learning Differences

Chapter 8Assessment, Testing, and Making Sense of Results

  1. 8.1 · 8 minHow Do We Know What Students Know? Types of Assessment
  2. 8.2 · 8 minChecking In vs. Wrapping Up: Formative and Summative Assessment
  3. 8.3 · 9 minWhat Makes a Good Test, Actually? Qualities, Validity, and Reliability
  4. 8.4 · 8 minDid They Learn It or Just Do It? Product vs. Process Assessment
  5. 8.5 · 8 minFrom Scores to Insights: How to Summarize Assessment Results
  6. 8.6 · 9 minThe Bell Curve and Standard Deviation: What the Numbers Tell Us
  7. 8.7 · 9 minCompared to Others vs. Compared to a Standard: Norm vs. Criterion
  8. 8.8 · 9 minAverage, Middle, and Most Common: Stats Every Teacher Should Know
  9. 8.9 · 9 minStandardized Tests: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated
  10. 8.10 · 9 minWhen Tests Have Too Much Power: High-Stakes Testing
  11. 8.11 · 9 minFair for Everyone: Tackling Bias in Assessments
  12. 8.12 · 9 minUsing Tests Responsibly: Ethics in Assessment
  13. 8.13 · 9 minAssessing Students with Special Needs

Chapter 9Instructional Strategies and Effective Teaching Practice

  1. 9.1 · 8 minGet Up, Get Involved: Active and Collaborative Learning
  2. 9.2 · 8 minTaught or Discovered? Two Approaches to Instruction
  3. 9.3 · 8 minOne Size Doesn't Fit All: Differentiated Instruction
  4. 9.4 · 9 minWhat Do You Want Students to Actually Be Able to Do? Bloom's Taxonomy
  5. 9.5 · 8 minThe Art of Explaining Things Well: Expository Teaching
  6. 9.6 · 8 minSetting the Stage Before the Lesson Begins: Advance Organizers
  7. 9.7 · 8 minLearning Is Better Together: Cooperative Learning Strategies
  8. 9.8 · 8 minCalm, Focused, and Ready to Learn: Classroom Management Tips
  9. 9.9 · 8 minThe Magic of Silence: Using Wait Time Effectively

Chapter 10Research Methods and Evidence in Education

  1. 10.1 · 9 minHow Do Researchers Study Education? Research Designs and Experiments
  2. 10.2 · 9 minCan We Trust the Results? Validity, Reliability, and Correlation
  3. 10.3 · 9 minWhat Do the Numbers Tell Us? Inferential Statistics in Education
  4. 10.4 · 9 minResearch with Integrity: Ethical Guidelines in Educational Research
  5. 10.5 · 9 minCan We Apply This Everywhere? Generalizing Research Findings in Education

Chapter 11Technology, Digital Tools, and the Future of Learning

  1. 11.1 · 10 minTech in the Classroom: Real-World Examples
  2. 11.2 · 10 minLearning Online: What Works and What Doesn't
  3. 11.3 · 10 minGiving Students the Digital Tools to Succeed
  4. 11.4 · 10 minWhat's Next? The Future of Learning Technology

FAQ

Questions about Educational Psychology

Is this Educational Psychology lesson free?
Yes, with a free UPI Study account. Every one of the 100 video lessons in Educational Psychology has its own page with the full transcript, free to read; a free account unlocks the videos. The practice quizzes, graded work and college credit come with the course.
How many college credits is Educational Psychology?
Educational Psychology (Psychology 120) carries a NCCRS credit recommendation for 3 semester credits. ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
How much does Educational Psychology cost and what is included?
$250, paid once, with lifetime access: all 100 video lessons, a practice quiz after each, the graded work and final exam, and an official transcript when you finish. Students who want several courses choose UPI Study PRO instead.
Which universities accept UPI Study credits?
UPI Study has signed partner agreements with universities such as Thomas Edison State University, University of the People and Charter Oak State College, and works with universities such as Penn State, SNHU and SUNY. ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Use "Find my college" on this page to check yours.
Can I download the Educational Psychology syllabus?
Yes, the full syllabus is a free PDF download; it asks you to sign in with a free UPI Study account first.
How long does Educational Psychology take?
It is self-paced with no deadlines. The 100 lessons total about 15 hours of video; most students add reading and practice time and finish in a few weeks to a few months, on their own schedule.
Do I need a prerequisite first?
Chapter 1 starts from why schools exist and how people learn, so no psychology background is needed. UPI Study also offers Introduction to Psychology and Abnormal Psychology as separate courses.
How are the exams done?
Quizzes and assignments are online in the course. The final exam is taken online with proctoring; a person on the UPI Study team checks assignments, usually within two days.
How do my credits reach my college?
When the course shows 100% complete, request the official transcript from your dashboard. It is sent to the college you name, and you can send it to more than one. Check your college first with "Find my college" on this page, or ask Athena.
Is there a way to get every course, not just this one?
Yes. UPI Study PRO gives access to every current course, monthly, yearly, or once for Lifetime access. See the pricing page for the plans.