Educational Psychology - Santrock, John W
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Written by the author of highly effective psychology texts relied upon by thousands of teachers and students, Educational Psychology is a well-crafted text that emphasizes the application of theory to classroom practice. With richly evocative classroom vignettes provided by practicing teachers, as well as the most case studies - three per chapter - of any Introductory text, Santrock's Educational Psychology helps students think critically about the research basis for best practices. Additionally, Santrock's hallmark Learning System organizes the content into manageable chunks to support…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Written by the author of highly effective psychology texts relied upon by thousands of teachers and students, Educational Psychology is a well-crafted text that emphasizes the application of theory to classroom practice. With richly evocative classroom vignettes provided by practicing teachers, as well as the most case studies - three per chapter - of any Introductory text, Santrock's Educational Psychology helps students think critically about the research basis for best practices. Additionally, Santrock's hallmark Learning System organizes the content into manageable chunks to support retention and mastery and making it much more likely that students will have an engaging and successful course experience.

Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Educational Psychology: A Tool for Effective Teaching

Chapter 2: Cognitive and Language Development

Chapter 3: Social Contexts and Socioemotional Development

Chapter 4: Individual Variations

Chapter 5: Sociocultural Diversity

Chapter 6: Learners Who Are Exceptional

Chapter 7: Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches

Chapter 8: The Information-Processing Approach

Chapter 9: Complex Cognitive Processes

Chapter 10: Social Constructivist Approaches

Chapter 11: Learning and Cognition in the Content Areas

Chapter 12: Planning, Instruction, and Technology

Chapter 13: Motivation, Teaching, and Learning

Chapter 14: Managing the Classroom

Chapter 15: Standardized Tests and Teaching

Chapter 16: Classroom Assessment
Autorenporträt
John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches developmental psychology and educational psychology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and introductory psychology at the undergraduate level. Dr. Santrock's research on father custody is widely cited and used in expert witness testimony to promote flexibility and alternative considerations in custody disputes. His research has included publication in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus on the contextual aspects of affectively-toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He recently was a member of the editorial board of Developmental Psychology and his publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Eighth Edition; LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT, Seventh Edition; CHILDREN, Sixth Edition; PSYCHOLOGY, Sixth Edition; and EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.