Educational Psychology Active Learning Edition

Preface: How to Use This Book. I. TEACHERS, TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. 1. Educational Psychology for Teachers. II. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND LANGUAGE. 2. Development: Some General Principles. 3. Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development. 4. Vygotsky's Sociocultural Perspective. 5. Implications of Piaget and Vygotsky for Teachers. III. PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT. 6. Understanding Ourselves and Others. 7. Moral Development. 8. Socialization: Family, Peers, and Teachers. IV. LEARNER DIFFERENCES AND LEARNING NEEDS. 9. Individual Differences: Intelligence, Cognitive Processing, and Learning Styles. 10. Integration and Inclusion: Teaching Every Child. 11. Ability Differences and Teaching. V. CULTURE AND COMMUNITY. 12. Diversity in Today's Classrooms. 13. Girls and Boys: Differences in the Classroom. 14. Creating Culturally Compatible Classrooms. VI. BEHAVIORAL VIEWS OF LEARNING. 15. Behavioral Explanations of Learning: Contiguity, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning. 16. Applied Behavior Analysis. 17. Behavioral Approaches to Teaching and Management. VII. COGNITIVE VIEWS OF LEARNING. 18. Elements of the Cognitive Perspective: Information Processing. 19. Long-Term Memory: The Goal of Teaching. 20. Cognition and Metacognition. VIII. COMPLEX COGNITIVE PROCESSES. 21. Learning and Teaching About Concepts. 22. Problem Solving. 23. Teaching for Transfer. IX. SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVIST VIEWS OF LEARNING. 24. Social Learning and Social Cognitive Theories. 25. Constructivism and Situated Learning. 26. Applications of Constructivist and Situated Perspectives on Learning. X. MOTIVATION IN LEARNING AND TEACHING. 27. Motivation: A Definition and Four General Approaches. 28. Goals, Interests and Emotions. 29. Self-Schemas. 30. Motivation to Learn in School. XI. CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. 31. Creating a Positive Learning Environment. 32. Maintaining a Good Environment for Learning. 33. The Need for Communication. XII. TEACHING FOR ACADEMIC LEARNING. 34. The First Step: Planning. 35. VTeacher-Directed Instruction. 36. Student-Centered Teaching in Content Areas and Inclusive Classrooms. XIII. TEACHING FOR SELF-REGULATION, CREATIVITY, AND TOLERANCE. 37. Self-Regulation and Agency. 38. Creativity and Community. XIV. EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT. 39. Definitions and Concepts. 40. Standardized Tests. 41. Issues and New Directions in Standardized Testing. 42. Getting the Most from Traditional Classroom Assessment Approaches: Testing and Grading. 43. Innovations in Classroom Assessment. Appendix I: Becoming a Professional: Passing the PRAXIS(tm), Insights About Job Interview Questions, Creating Your Teaching Portfolio, Enhancing Your Expertise With Technology. Appendix II: Standards and Licensure: PRAXIS II(tm) and INTASC. Glossary. References. Index.Woolfolk-Hoy, Anita E. is the author of 'Educational Psychology Active Learning Edition', published 2004 under ISBN 9780205435296 and ISBN 0205435297.