educational psychology

American  

noun

1. a branch of psychology concerned with developing effective educational techniques and dealing with psychological problems in schools.

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educational psychology British  

noun

1. the study of methods of training and teaching and their effectiveness, and of the problems experienced in learning formal material; in particular, the study of how to help people, esp school children, with learning problems to overcome their difficulties

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Other Word Forms

• educational psychologist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of educational psychology

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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educational psychology

Kindergarten readiness encompasses the foundational skills necessary to engage in a more formal learning environment, said Ohio State University educational psychology professor Laura Justice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

Cariaga, whose father was a lawyer, was doing clerical work for an insurance company while preparing to study educational psychology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

"We found that programs could benefit from using ideas from other fields, such as educational psychology, in which there would be a little more rigorous evaluation."

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024

As educational psychology researchers we look at ways to improve how students learn.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2024

Besides the standard texts in general and educational psychology, the following books bear with especial intimacy upon the topics treated in this book: 1.

From How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study by Harry D. Kitson