Applying Cognition to Education (PSY-0121)
Spring 2024 · PSY 0121 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate
Topics in the cognitive psychology of human memory, conceptual learning, and comprehension. Special focus on areas, theory, and research that have potential application to education. Selective coverage of theoretical and empirical work in cognitive psychology that provides potential to inform and improve educational practice. The applicability of these themes to education will be explicitly developed and evaluated through the primary research literature using educationally oriented experimental paradigms.
Course codes: PSY-0121, PSY 0121, PSY0121, PSY-121, PSY 121, PSY121
- 01-LEC (Lecture) — Ayanna K. Thomas