Important topics in educational psychology
(knowledge base)

Developed by: W. Huitt
Last Modified: 3/20/96

The following are some of the major topics typically investigated in educational psychology. Any of these would be suitable for a paper topic.

Academic learning time
Assertive discipline
Becoming a professional educator
Behavioral learning theories
Character development
Class size
Classroom management
Classroom evaluation
Classroom discipline
Cognitive development
Cognitive learning theories
Community
Content overlap
Cooperative learning
Critical Thinking
Direct instruction
Educational reform
Educational research
Effective teaching practices
Engaged time
Gifted education
Global/international conditions
Grading policies
Grouping
Home environment
Humanistic learning theories
Individual differences
Instructional methods
Instructional models
Intelligence
 Language development
Learning disabilities
Learning strategies
Learning styles
Mainstreaming
Mastery learning
Minority students
Models of teaching and learning
Moral development
Motivation
Multi-cultural education
Non-graded classrooms
Parent involvement
Parents' education
Personality
Prerequisite skills
Prior knowledge
Problem solving/decision making
School processes
School leadership
Self-concept
Social competence
Standardized testing
State policies
Study skills
Student success
Teacher beliefs
Teacher characteristics
Teacher efficacy/expectations
Teaching styles

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