This article describes the content of photographs in selected educational psychology textbooks, the grade levels of subjects reported in three recent volumes of the Journal of Educational Psychology, and the numbers of studies reported in the Educational Resources Information Center's (ERIC) system under elementary students and secondary students. The results suggest that there is an overemphasis on the elementary-level student and elementary-level classroom setting. Implications are related to student perceptions of the value of educational psychology in secondary settings.
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