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.

Cover -- Title Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- 1 Teaching and Educational Psychology -- Case Study: The "No D" Policy -- Reflecting on What You Already Know About Learning and Instruction -- Studying and Learning Effectively -- Developing as a Teacher -- Understanding and Interpreting Research Findings -- Quantitative Research -- Qualitative Research -- Mixed-Methods Research -- Interpreting Research Results: A Cautionary Note -- From Research to Practice: The Importance of Principles and Theories

Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions About Your Own Students -- Assessing Students' Achievements and Interpreting Their Classroom Behaviors -- Conducting Action Research -- Part 1: Development and Diversity -- 2 Cognitive and Linguistic Development -- Case Study: Carrots -- General Principles of Human Development -- The Multiple Layers of Environmental Influence: Bioecological Systems and the Importance of Culture -- Role of the Brain in Learning and Development -- Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development -- Piaget's Basic Assumptions -- Piaget's Proposed Stages of Cognitive Development

Critiquing Piaget's Theory -- Considering Diversity from th…