在学习，认知，指导和发展集中的教育心理学专业领域，学生可以进行定量的实证研究，以推动将心理学理论应用于教育。我们的学生在学习，认知和发展方面有良好的基础，同时掌握了定量研究人员的技能：测量理论，统计分析，研究设计，评估，补充定量方法的定性工具。强调科学研究是推动理论发展的一种手段，该理论解释了人们如何学习，教导和彼此不同。毕业后，您将准备进行有关发现和验证心理过程和原理的研究，这些过程和原理可能会优化人类的发展和学习，并改善该过程中采用的方法论技术。
The specialization in Educational Psychology within the Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development concentration prepares students to conduct quantitative empirical research to advance psychological theory as applied to education. Our students become well grounded in learning, cognition, and development while acquiring the skills of the quantitative researcher: Measurement theory, Statistical analysis, Research design, Evaluation, Qualitative tools to supplement quantitative methods. Scientific research is emphasized as a vehicle to advance theory that explains how people learn, teach, and differ from one another. Upon graduating, you'll be prepared to conduct research concerning the discovery and validation of psychological processes and principles that have the potential to optimize human development and learning and to improve the methodological techniques that are employed in this process.