B.F. Skinner, one of the most influential figures in educational psychology, challenged traditional notions of free will by arguing that human behavior is largely shaped by environmental factors through reinforcement and punishment. In Skinner’s vie...More

En mi caso, tengo una conducta compulsiva saludable: correr en las mañanas. Aunque algunos días no tenga mucha motivación, salgo igualmente porque sé que, en ocasiones, obtengo un gran bienestar físico y mental. Después de correr, a veces siento un...More

"If I review my lesson, then there's a high percentage that I will pass the test." How can I say that I will pass it? Simply, because there were people who already served as an evidence for this case. We can consider this as a conditioned situation...More

One major idea in constructivism is that people learn by actively building their own understanding based on what they already know, instead of just passively receiving information. As an example, when a student learns a new science concept, they don...More

One important idea in constructivism is that learners don’t just absorb information as they actively build their own understanding based on what they already know. Learning is like putting together pieces of a puzzle: each new experience helps you a...More

Just like Dorothy Espelage used educational psychology to explore bullying, I chose to explore test anxiety among adolescents, a social-emotional issue I’ve seen in both the Kenyan 8-4-4 system and in my current experience teaching in France

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What is the social mind, and how does it shape learning?

Introduction

We often imagine thinking as something that happens “in our heads” an isolated, individual process. However, research across psychology, anthropology, and education shows tha...More

One of the foundational exponents of educational psychology, B.F. Skinner, introduced radical behaviorism—a theory that emphasized the observable behaviors of learners rather than internal mental states. In doing so, Skinner proposed that learning i...More

Educational psychology offers essential insights into the dynamics of how we learn—not only when we succeed, but also when we struggle. George Reese’s analysis of “productive struggle” invites us to rethink the role of difficulty and failure in the...More

Social and emotional conditions significantly influence how students engage with learning. Emotions such as fear, anxiety, or shame can block cognitive processing, while positive emotions like safety, belonging, and confidence foster attention, moti...More