Educational psychology: developing learners

Help students understand their own learning and apply the core concepts and principles of educational psychology. Educational Psychology: Developing Learners is known for its exceptionally clear and engaging writing, its in-depth focus on learning, and its extensive concrete applications. The text's unique approach moves seamlessly between theory and application, helping students understand concepts by examining their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. The 10th Edition reflects the most current research on learning, development, motivation, and assessment. It features extensive and integrated coverage of diversity, technology, contexts of learning, and neuropsychology. In addition, compelling application-based examples and authentic artifacts are included throughout the book to help readers connect educational psychology to real children and classrooms. -- Provided by publisher.

1. Teaching and Educational Psychology -- Part I: Development and Diversity -- 2. Cognitive and Linguistic Development -- 3. Personal and Social Development -- 4. Group Differences -- 5. Individual Differences and Special Educational Needs -- Part II: Learning and Motivation -- 6. Learning, Cognition, and Memory -- 7. Complex Cognitive Processes -- 8. Learning and Cognition in Context -- 9. Behaviorist Views of Learning -- 10. Social Cognitive Views of Learning -- 11. Motivation and Affect -- Part III: Classroom Strategies -- 12. Instructional Strategies -- 13. Creating a Productive Learning Environment -- 14. Classroom Assessment Strategies -- 15. Summarizing Students' Achievements and Abilities - Appendices -- A: Describing Associations with Correlation Coefficients A-1 -- B: Determining Reliability and Predictive Validity B-1 -- C: Matching Book and MyLab Education Content to the Praxis® Principles of Learning and Teaching Tests C-1