The best-selling Educational Psychology has been reformatted and “chunked” to give instructors greater course flexibility and to help students master the material easily.

Derived from Anita Woolfolk's market-leading Educational Psychology, Ninth 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 43 briefer 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 are grouped into clusters that allow for deeper context and background for each topic. Further, each module is a self-contained learning unit, with learning objectives and review questions (“Check Yourself”) that provide immediate reinforcement of key concepts and build students' confidence in their grasp of the material.

• “Guidelines” appear through each module, providing concrete applications of theories and principles discussed.

• “Point/Counterpoint” sections throughout the text present divergent opinions on some of the most important and controversial questions in the field, such as "What is good teaching?" or "What are the implications of brain-based education?"

• “Teachers' Casebook” begins and ends each cluster. It presents realistic classroom cases and asks students to think what they would “do” if faced with such situations. Then, actual teachers from a variety of schools across the country share their opinions, given their experience, on how they would handle the same situations. Students get to practice “thinking like a teacher” and to see real teachers tackle classroom issues.

• “Family and Community Partnerships” boxes offer specific guidelines for involving families—when demand for parental involvement is at an all-time high—in various aspects of children's learning.

• “Connect and Extend” sections appear in the margins throughout, linking text content to teaching, students' thinking, research, and commentary about authentic classroom settings.

• “Becoming a Professional” website includes useful material for students on how to become certified to teach, how to get a job, and how to get started in the classroom once they are hired.

• Brief 10-15 page modules, each providing a self-contained learning experience, are clustered with related topics, which may be assigned as needed for background and depth of coverage.

• “Check Yourself” sections at the end of every module present opportunities for students to test their understanding of the material and to reflect on how they might use the course concepts in their own teaching.

• Learning objectives open each module and set clear goals.

• “Becoming a Professional” Appendix provides a rich, practical resource for taking the Praxis Exam, interviewing for teaching jobs, creating a teaching portfolio, and using technology in the classroom, all things that pre-service teachers need to know in order to get started in their teaching careers.

Preface: How to Use This Book.

I. TEACHERS, TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.

II. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND LANGUAGE.

III. PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT.

IV. LEARNER DIFFERENCES AND LEARNING NEEDS.

V. CULTURE AND COMMUNITY.

VI. BEHAVIORAL VIEWS OF LEARNING.

VII. COGNITIVE VIEWS OF LEARNING.

VIII. COMPLEX COGNITIVE PROCESSES.

IX. SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVIST VIEWS OF LEARNING.

X. MOTIVATION IN LEARNING AND TEACHING.

XI. CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

XII. TEACHING FOR ACADEMIC LEARNING.

XIII. TEACHING FOR SELF-REGULATION, CREATIVITY, AND TOLERANCE.

XIV. EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT.

Introduction to Educational Psychology  (Ed Psych / Tests & Measurements)

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Derived from Anita Woolfolk's market-leading Educational Psychology, Ninth Edition, the most thorough, accessible, and authoritative text on the market, this new Active Learning Edition breaks educational psychology content into manageable “modules.” The Ninth Edition¿s 15 chapters now appear as 43 briefer 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 are grouped into clusters that allow for deeper context and background for each topic. Further, each module is a self-contained learning unit, with learning objectives and review questions (“Check Yourself”) that provide immediate reinforcement of key concepts and build students' confidence in their grasp of the material.

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Instructor's Resource Manual (download only) for Educational Psychology Active Learning Edition
Woolfolk
©2005  |  Pearson  |  On-line Supplement; 336 pp  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0205444008  |  ISBN-13: 9780205444007

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