Cognitive Psychology in Education

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Interpret, and effectively communicate, theoretical and empirical research in written form.
• Critically evaluate research in cognitive psychology.
• Outline the basic components and information processing principles of the cognitive system.
• Carry out, and report the findings of, an empirical study investigating a specific cognitive activity.
• Explain how these have been applied to understanding learning in different educational domains.
• Explain how these have been applied to understanding learning in different educational domains.

Topics normally covered in this module will include:

• Basic cognitive processes, including perception, short term / working memory and long term memory.
• Higher mental processes: language comprehension and production, thinking and reasoning
• Applications of these concepts to educational domains, including reading, writing and arithmetic.
• Research methods in Cognitive Psychology, including collection and analysis of data relating to the processes covered in the module

This module will use a mix of lectures and seminars along with directed reading and suggested additional research. Sessions will last two hours and involve an interactive lecture on a syllabus topic, followed by a seminar or practical activity. Seminars will include 2 practicals where you will carry out an experimental study of an area covered in the module, and analyse and report the data that you have collected. Other seminars will require you to read, and participate in group discussions about, research papers on specific lecture-related topics. Seminars will typically also involve group discussion of the implications for educational policy and practice.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.