educational psychology

noun

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

educational psychology

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

Other Word Forms

• educational psychologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of educational psychology¹

First recorded in 1910–15