Overview
The Educational Psychology program from Kent State University provides rigorous training in the theoretical foundations of cognition, learning, and development, as well as research design, instrumentation, quantitative analysis and research application.
Graduates are qualified to become faculty at the university level and are also prepared for careers in a variety of industry and government settings conducting research and guiding the application of evidence-based practices.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Inform and enhance practice based on deep knowledge of research, theories, and principles of cognition, learning and development.
- Synthesize and critically evaluate scholarly articles and texts.
- Apply principles of research design to create rigorous experiments and studies.
- Analyze and interpret quantitative data using appropriate cutting edge methodologies and tools.
- Develop scientific writing skills in order to effectively communicate research findings to the scientific community and practitioners.
- Design and conduct empirical research to investigate the cognitive and developmental basis for effective teaching and learning practices.
- Disseminate original, empirical research through scholarly presentations, conferences, and publications.
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Courses include:
- Statistics for Educational Services
- Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research
- Statistics: Anova and Nonparametric Tests
- Multiple Regression
- Structural Equation Modeling
- Hierarchical Linear Modeling
- Quantitative Research Design and Analysis
- Advanced Quantitative Research in Educational Services
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General requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university for unconditional admission
- Minimum 3.000 undergraduate/3.500 graduate GPA on a 4.000 point scale for unconditional admission
- Minimum 18 credit hours of courses in psychology, education or related fields (including a course in statistics)
- Official transcript(s)
- Research experience and broad background in educational psychology
- GRE scores with recommended 50th percentile or higher
- Résumé
- Goal statement
- Three letters of recommendation
- Interview
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18448 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18448 USD per year -
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18448 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18448 USD per year -
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9896 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9896 USD per year
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