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educational psychology  

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  • A broad term that encompasses both the study of how people learn in educational settings as well as the provision of psychological services by practitioners in a school setting. Educational psychology, as a modern scientific discipline, traces its roots to the late 19th century with the application of the scientific method to educational problems. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Educational Psychology]

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