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Educational Psychology, Active Learning Edition

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ISBN-10: 0205542786

ISBN-13: 9780205542789

Edition: 10th 2008

Authors: Anita Woolfolk

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Derived from Anita Woolfolk' s market-leading "Educational Psychology, Tenth Edition," the most thorough, accessible, and authoritative text on the market, the Active Learning Edition breaks the material into manageable " modules." To provide customers with an alternative version to the longer chapters of the standard 9th Edition, that version' s 15 chapters now appear as 42 brief modules, which are easy to cover in shorter academic terms and will make learning easier for students. In addition to presenting comprehensive, expert coverage of all topics teachers need to understand about how students learn and all the classroom applications for which the author is justly renowned, the modules…    
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Book details

List price: $147.40
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 784
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.520
Language: English

Preface: How to Use This Book
Teachers, Teaching And Educational Psychology
Educational Psychology for Teachers
Cognitive Development And Language
Development: Some General Principles
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Vygotsky's Sociocultural Perspective
Implications of Piaget and Vygotsky for Teachers
Personal, Social And Moral Development
Understanding Ourselves and Others
Socialization: Family, Peers, and Teachers
Moral Development
Learner Differences And Learning Needs
Individual Differences: Intelligence, Cognitive Processing, and Learning Styles
Integration and Inclusion: Teaching Every Child
Ability Differences and Teaching
Culture And Community
Diversity in Today's Classrooms
Girls and Boys: Differences in the Classroom
Creating Culturally Compatible Classrooms
Behavioral Views Of Learning
Behavioral Explanations of Learning: Contiguity, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
Applied Behavior Analysis
Observational Learning and Cognitive Behavior Modification
Cognitive Views Of Learning
Elements of the Cognitive Perspective: Information Processing
Long-Term Memory: The Goal of Teaching
Cognition and Metacognition
Complex Cognitive Processes
Learning and Teaching About Concepts
Problem Solving and Creativity
Teaching for Transfer
Social Cognitive And Constructivist Views Of Learning
Social Learning and Social Cognitive Theories
Cognitive and Social Constructivism
Applications of Constructivist and Situated Perspectives on Learning
Motivation In Learning And Teaching
Motivation: A Definition and Four General Approaches
Needs, Goals, Interests and Emotions
Beliefs and Self-Schemas
Motivation to Learn in School
Engaged Learning: Cooperation and Communication
Social Processes and Cooperation
Creativity and Community
Creating Learning Environments
Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Maintaining a Good Environment for Learning
The Need for Communication
Teaching For Academic Learning
The First Step: Planning
VTeacher-Directed Instruction
Student-Centered Teaching in Content Areas and Inclusive Classrooms
Evaluation, Measurement And Assessment
Definitions and Concepts
Standardized Tests
Issues and New Directions in Standardized Testing
Getting the Most from Traditional Classroom Assessment Approaches: Testing and Grading
Innovations in Classroom Assessment
Becoming a Professional: Passing the PRAXIS(tm)
Insights About Job Interview Questions
Creating Your Teaching Portfolio
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