Full Description
Designed for and by today's students in every detail, ED PSYCH was developed from interviews with over 200 students and faculty members to provide a more engaging and accessible solution that appeals to different learning styles at a value-based price. This concise ED PSYCH includes all of the key concepts that your instructors require and a full suite of learning aids to accommodate your busy lifestyle--including chapter-by-chapter study cards, self-quizzes, downloadable flash cards, video cases, and more. ED PSYCH has the most applied approach to educational psychology--taking complex psychology theories and demonstrating how they apply to the everyday experiences in your classrooms.Attention CourseMate user: The CourseMate platform is being sunset and will not be sold with this title after December 31st, 2019. Cengage will support existing users of CourseMate through August 1st, 2020.
Contents
1. Applying Psychology to Teaching.Part I: DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THEORIES.2. Theories of Psychosocial and Cognitive Development.3. Age-Level Characteristics.Part II: STUDENT DIFFERENCES AND DIVERSITY.4. Understanding Student Differences.5. Addressing Cultural and Socioeconomic Diversity.6. Accommodating Student Variability.Part III: LEARNING AND THINKING.7. Behavioral Learning Theory: Operant Conditioning.8. Information Processing Theory.9. Social Cognitive Theory.10. Constructivist Learning Theory, Problem Solving, and Transfer.Part IV: CREATING A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING.11. Motivation.12. Classroom Management.13. Approaches to Instruction.Part V: ASSESSING STUDENTS' CAPABILITIES.14. Assessment of Classroom Learning.15. Understanding Standardized Assessment.16. Becoming a Better Teacher by Becoming a Reflective Teacher.
