Educational Psychology &
School Psychology
Programs at Penn State
Educational
Psychology
The Educational Psychology program at Penn State is divided into two main
areas of concentration: Learning and Instruction and Educational Measurement.
The program confers graduate degrees of Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor
of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Requirements for the Masters of Science degree differ,
depending on whether the student completes a thesis. The doctoral program
consists of courses in four areas: core courses in Educational Psychology,
methodology courses, elective courses, and research experience.
http://espse.ed.psu.edu/edpsy2/edpsyhome.html
School
Psychology
The School Psychology program at Penn State is rooted in both psychology and
education. Graduates from the program are professional school psychologists
who are able to deliver professional psychological services in a Psychological
Service Unit. The program confers graduate degrees of Master of Education
(M.Ed.), Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). All candidates
are required to complete a thesis.
http://espse.ed.psu.edu/schoolpsych/index.php
Professional Associations
American Educational Research
Association (AERA)
This international professional organization is dedicated to advancing educational
research and its practical application.
http://www.aera.net/
National Council on Measurement
in Education (NCME)
The NCME is a professional organization made up of members in the fields of
assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement.
http:// www.ncme.org/
National Association of
School Psychologists (NASP)
The NASP supports school psychology in order to improve the mental health
and educational competence of children.
http://www.nasponline.org/
American Psychological Association
(APA)
The APA works to advance psychology as a science, a profession, and a means
of promoting human welfare.
http://www.apa.org/
American Educational
Studies Association (AESA)
The majority of AESA members are college and university professors who teach
and research in the educational field.
http://www3.uakron.edu/aesa/
Selected Reference Resources
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational
Psychology and Administration
The 6th edition of this 2 volume directory provides a wealth of information
for those interested in publishing in the fields of education psychology and
administration.
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Educational Psychology Cases
This book is divided into three sections: case studies for teacher decision
making, professional core cases for teach decision making and educational
psychology cases.
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Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice
Written by well-known educational psychologist Robert Slavin, this book helps
teachers make use of educational theories in their classrooms.
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Handbook of Crisis Counseling, Intervention, and Prevention
in the Schools
This book is designed to help school guidance personnel reduce children's
stress and aid in their healthy development.
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The Handbook of School Psychology
This standard reference includes sections on current perspectives in school
psychology, theoretical issues, as well as intervention in the schools
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Handbook of Research on Teaching
Published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), this book
includes essays dealing with concepts, models and evaluations of teaching
techniques and curriculum.
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Indexes and Abstracts
Annual
Review of Psychology
Annual Reviews provides access to critical review articles that synthesize
primary research literature in Psychology. Users can browse a single issue
or search across all issues. The database contains full-text articles from
1996 to present, and table of contents from 1984.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#ANNREVIEWS
British Education Index
Lists and analyzes the subject content of all articles published internationally
and in the British isles on subjects that are of permanent interest to educators.
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Dissertation
Abstracts
Dissertation Abstracts is the primary source for 1.4 million doctoral dissertations
(and selected master's theses) from over 1000 North American and European
universities. Includes a link to the UMI full text dissertation pilot project.
Coverage: 1851 to date. Abstracts are available for dissertations since 1980,
abstracts for theses since 1988.
Updates: monthly (usually between the 20th and 25th day)
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#DISS
Education
Abstracts Full Text (Wilson)
Education Abstracts Full Text (Wilson) covers over 625 periodicals, with indexing
from 1983, and full text for many since 1994.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#ERLEDUCABS
ERIC --
Educational Resources Information Center
The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information,
containing over one million abstracts on education research and practice.
ERIC covers two types of literature:
Journals (in CIJE- Current Index to Journals in Education, 1969-) 900 scholarly,
professional and practitioner journals.
Documents (in RIE- Resources in Education, 1966-). Non-journal literature,
such as full text curriculum guides, theses, conference papers, standards,
reports, etc. Not peer-reviewed. Connect through the E-Resource list:
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#ERIC1
The
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
The International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences is the online
equivalent of the 24 volume encyclopedia published in 2002. Content is organized
around more than 30 primarily interdisciplinary topical areas of active research
and significant promise (for example, memory, crime and violence, markets,
modernization), combined with the categories: Overarching Topics,Disciplines,
Intersecting fields, and Applications. Includes extensive indices, searchable
full-text, and embedded electronic reference links. Annual updates are planned
for release from 2004.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#SOCBEHVSCI
Mental
Measurements Yearbook
Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, contains full
text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests
covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology,
and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks.
Each entry includes test author, publication information, scoring information,
an overview of the test, a description of the test materials and time needed,
and one or more reviews of the test.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/scripts/linklias.exe?Where=Go+There&What=MENTALMEAS
MIT
CogNet
MIT CogNet, the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Community Online, provides access
to a searchable, full-text library of books, journals, and reference works
from the MIT Press, as well as content and links to resources from other publishers,
professional associations, institutions, and individuals. Additional features
are conference materials, a directory of cognitive science programs, threaded
discussion groups, job listings and other career information, and more.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#MITCOGNET
Professional
Development Collection
Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators and
librarians, provides a highly specialized collection of over 515 full text
journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles, with full text dating
as far back as 1965. . It also provides full text for 167 education pamphlets,
a searchable images database, and will soon contain full text for scholarly
monographs. A title list can be seen at http://www.epnet.com/titlelists/pdf/tf.pdf
.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PROFDEV
ProQuest
Direct
ProQuest Psychology Journals: A full text database subset of PsycINFO, including
400 full-text journals that are licensed to ProQuest. Coverage is typically
from 1996, with a few titles prior to that date. (Coverage does not presently
include APA journals; additions to coverage occur frequently.)
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PROQUEST
Psychology
Databases
Primary resource for psychology and related aspects of disciplines including
education, organizational management, psychophysiology, psychiatry, nursing,
sociology, etc. Many titles are available in full text.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PSYCINFO
PsycINFO
PsycINFO, the primary database for psychology and related disciplines, is
a database of psychological literature from the 1800's to the present, from
1300 journals from 50 countries. Through SilverPlatter, it provides full text,
searchable access to more than 25,000 articles from 42 journals published
by APA and allied organizations from 1988 to the present, and links to non-APA
full text journals owned in electronic format by the University Libraries.
Related subject areas included education, organizational management, psychophysiology,
psychiatry, nursing, ergonomics, environmental psychology, human factors engineering,
sociology, business, law and more. Published by the American Psychological
Association.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PSYCHOVID
PubMed
(Medline)
MEDLINE (which stands for MEDlars onLINE) is the National Library of Medicine's
(NLM) premier bibliographic database. It includes the fields of medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical
sciences. MEDLINE has 9 million citations and author abstracts from current
biomedical journals published in the U.S. and 70 foreign countries. MEDLINE
is available to Penn State users through Web access. Web-based access is also
available to any user through PubMed. Coverage: indexes 3600 journals, international
in scope, 1966-Present. Updates: Monthly
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#MEDLINE4
State Education Journal Index and Educators' Guide to
Periodicals Research Strategies
Focuses on periodicals not indexed in other popular indexes.
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Selected Journals
Journal of Educational
Psychology
This APA journal publishes original psychological research dealing with the
education of all ages and educational levels.
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http://www.apa.org/journals/edu.html
Journal of Counseling
Psychology
Another APA journal that focuses on research in areas such as counseling activities,
development of new measures to be used in counseling, and professional issues
in counseling psychology.
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http://www.apa.org/journals/cou.html
Current Issues in
Education
This peer-reviewed scholarly electronic journal is produced by the College
of Education at Arizona State University.
http://cie.ed.asu.edu/index.html
School Psychology International
Published in association with the International School Psychology Association
(ISPA), this journal publishes articles that will promote good practice in
school and educational psychology.
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http://spi.sagepub.com/
School
Psychology Review
Published by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), this
is the world's second largest psychology journal.
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http://www.nasponline.org/publications/index.html
Educational Psychology
Focusing on research based on experimental and behavioral studies, this journal
publishes the latest in psychology research, relevant to the field of education.
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Educational Psychologist
This journal contains a variety of content, ranging from essays, reviews,
critiques and theoretical and conceptual articles dealing with educational
psychology.
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Education and Urban Society
Examines the impact of an urban environment on education.
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Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk
This journal is currently the only academic journal focused on providing quantitative
and qualitative research dealing with improving the education of at-risk students.
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Educational and Psychological Measurement
Reviews scales and other measures used in educational and psychological testing.
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Educational Philosophy and Theory
Issues of this journal contain editorials, articles, book reviews and occasionally
symposiums concentrating on a particular theme.
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Resources for Education and School Psychology
Ed Psyc Central
Sponsored by Kendall College, this site covers many topics from psychology
to teacher education, and within each topic provides more resources such as
links to journals and organizations.
http://edpsyc.org/
Teaching Educational
Psychology
This website provides information about the Teaching Educational Psychology
Special Interest group (TEP/SIG) of the American Educational Research Association
(AERA).
http://tep.coe.nau.edu/
The
School Psychologists' Homepage
This site is helpful for those interested in pursuing a career in school psychology
and also provides resources for those already in the field.
http://www.bartow.k12.ga.us/psych/psych.html
Educational
Psychology Interactive
Maintained by a professor at Valdosta State University, this site provides
links to sites relating to educational psychology such as education research
and reform and the cognitive processes involved in learning.
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/materials/internet.html
School
Psychology Resources On-Line
This site includes information about varying disorders and disabilities as
well as other links pertaining to school psychology.
http://www.bcpl.net/~sandyste/school_psych.html