How to Use educational psychology in a Sentence

educational psychology

noun
  • This award is given to a student in the educational psychology doctoral degree program in recognition of outstanding teaching.
    — Daily Southtown Staff, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2021
  • Guess my professor was right Turns out that my educational psychology professor was largely on the mark in forbidding note taking and providing complete notes for students to study.
    — Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Adams has a PhD from the University of Illinois in educational psychology.
    — Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • At Mississippi State, Prescott earned a bachelor’s degree in educational psychology and a master’s in workforce leadership.
    — Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • In a graduate-level educational psychology course at Florida State University, my professor didn’t allow students to take notes.
    — Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Formed in partnership with Dr Clare Daly, a director in educational psychology at the University of Strathclyde, Motherwell are the first club to pilot the service.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • One system in particular, called Birdbrain, is continuously improving the learner’s experience with algorithms based on decades of research in educational psychology, combined with recent advances in machine learning.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Christine Greenhow, an associate professor of educational psychology and technology at Michigan State University, researches the use of social media in the classroom.
    — Sherry Liang, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Panayiota Kendeou, a University of Minnesota educational psychology professor who studies misinformation, said the way Minnesotans consume and share information will determine a lot about how the election plays out in the state.
    — Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Dalal Katsiaficas, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told me that moving away from home has traditionally been one of the sociological markers of becoming an adult.
    — Rainesford Stauffer, The Atlantic, 6 May 2021
  • Rising costs of being a parent The cost of raising a child also has been a deciding factor for many parents to keep their family small, said Toni Falbo, social psychologist and a professor in the educational psychology department at the University of Texas at Austin.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Kindergarten readiness encompasses the foundational skills necessary to engage in a more formal learning environment, said Ohio State University educational psychology professor Laura Justice.
    — Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Kindergarten readiness encompasses the foundational skills necessary to engage in a more formal learning environment, said Ohio State University educational psychology professor Laura Justice.
    — Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Doing yoga also helps people pivot away from unhealthy behaviors during their practice, says Myles Faith, PhD, family obesity researcher and professor in the department of counseling, school, and educational psychology at University at Buffalo SUNY in New York.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Apr. 2026

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