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PSYCHOLOGIST, EDUCATIONAL

Specialty Definition: PSYCHOLOGIST, EDUCATIONAL

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Occupations

Investigates processes of learning and teaching and develops psychological principles and techniques applicable to educational problems to foster intellectual, social, and emotional development of individuals: Conducts experiments to study importance of motivation in learning, implications of transfer of training in teaching, and nature and causes of individual differences in mental abilities to promote differentiated educational procedures to meet individual needs of students. Analyzes characteristics and adjustment needs of superior and inferior students and recommends educational program to promote maximum adjustment. Formulates achievement, diagnostic, and predictive tests to aid teachers in planning methods and content of instruction. Administers standardized tests to diagnose disabilities and difficulties among students and to develop special methods of remedial instruction. Investigates traits and attitudes of teachers to study conditions that contribute to or detract from optimal mental health of teachers. Studies effects of teachers' feelings and attitudes upon pupils, and characteristics of successful teachers to aid school administrators in selection and adjustment of teachers. Collaborates with education specialists in developing curriculum content and methods of organizing and conducting classroom work. May specialize in educational measurement, school adjustment, school learning, or special education. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PSYCHOLOGIST, EDUCATIONAL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 53 59 43 48 4F 4C 4F 47 49 53 54 2C      45 44 55 43 41 54 49 4F 4E 41 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010011 01011001 01000011 01001000 01001111 01001100 01001111 01000111 01001001 01010011 01010100 00101100 00100000 01000101 01000100 01010101 01000011 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#83 &#89 &#67 &#72 &#79 &#76 &#79 &#71 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#44 &#32 &#69 &#68 &#85 &#67 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0053 0059 0043 0048 004F 004C 004F 0047 0049 0053 0054 002C      0045 0044 0055 0043 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E 0041 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5053593742494649414353541423938553735544349483546

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