Archive for the 'Education' Category

Self Help for Academic Underachievement

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

SELF HELP Academic Underachievement
There are many reasons for underachievement by a student (normal, gifted). Reasons could be BIOLOGICAL, (poor vision, hearing, etc), PSYCHOLOGICAL (lack of reinforcement, peer pressure, distractions, etc), or SOCIOCULTURAL (socioeconomic status, education of parent, etc).
Academic underachievement occurs when the student performs poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from [...]

Educational Psychology: Development & Individual Differences

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

What is educational psychology?
Educational Psychology constitutes the foundation of education. It provides an approach to educational problems and a set of techniques for studying children and the problems that arise in their education. It is an area of application rather than unique category of subject matter.
Educational Psychology – a field of specialization concerned with increasing [...]