Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice

Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice
(8th Edition)-Robert E. Slavin
All yn & Bac on | 2005 | ISBN: 020545531X
640 pages | PDF | 83,6 MB

The Eighth Edition of this popular text from renowned educational psychologist Robert Slavin translates theory into practices that teachers can use in their classrooms with a further inquiry into the concept of intentionality and a thorough integration of standards. Every copy of the book now comes automatically packaged with a MyLabSchool eBook and an additional capter of material that highlights current issues and emerging trends in the field of educational psychology.

This edition continues to have in-depth, practical coverage with a focus on the intentional teacher by presenting up-to-the-minute research that a reflective, intentional teacher can apply. An "intentional teacher," according to Slavin, is one who constantly reflects on his or her practice and makes instructional decisions based on a clear conception of how these practices affect students. To help readers become "intentional teachers," the author offers a set of questions to guide them and models best practices through classroom examples. Firmly rooted in research, up-to-date theory, and classroom-tested applications, Educational Psychology prepares teachers as no other text does. It teaches them to think about how students develop and learn, to make decisions before and during instruction, and to consider what constitutes evidence that their students are learning and succeeding.

This edition includes a new focus on reflection, new cases, sections on brain research, programs for language minority students, technology, No Child Left Behind, and after school and summer school programs.

It contains new critiques of assessment and accountability strategies and a substantially updated treatment of programming for students with special needs. The Emerging Trends Update Edition package still contains the highly acclaimed 8th edition of Bob Slavin's Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice.

In addition to the main text, every student copy comes packaged with an additional chapter of material that highlights the latest issues and trends in the field of educational psychology including NCLB, accountability, the achievement gap, and brain research. Also included: MyLabSchool activities linked to every chapter of the text, including the new Ch. 15, Current Issues and Emerging Trends.

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Keys to Educational Psychology

Keys to Educational Psychology
By Irma Eloff, Liesel Ebersohn
Publisher: University of Cape Town Press | 2004-06-25 | | ISBN: 1919713441
422 Pages | PDF | 28 MB

If you are curious about Educational Psychology, this book is for you. You can read the chapters in any sequence, or you can start at the beginning, because this book provides myriad keys to the wonderful variety of themes in Educational Psychology today.

Written by leading psychologists, researchers and practitioners, this book focuses on all the positive constructs in Educational Psychology and reflects on the wide range of strengths, assets and resources available to the educational psychologist. Each chapter presents an integrated overview, cutting-edge definitions of key concepts, quotations from professionals and students, and reflective questions to guide your practice.

Written primarily by South Africans, this book is particularly relevant to the local environment and presents practical application strategies. Indigenous knowledge is infused with international perspectives, and equal emphasis is placed on the learner and on the social context, on assessment and intervention, and on theory and practice. The book is extremely accessible to students, but will also be invaluable for teachers, psychologists, researchers and health professionals.

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Educational Psychology:

Educational Psychology:
Cognition and Learning, Individual Differences and Motivation
Jonathon E. Larson,
Nova Science Publishers | 2009-01 | ISBN: 1606922769
311 pages | PDF | 2,4 MB

The field of educational psychology is primarily concerned with teaching and learning. Educational psychology has a long historical past and an extensive record of conducting empirical research into the teaching/learning process. Educational psychology has also been involved with the topics of motivation, intelligence, memory, cognition, intellectual development and evaluation and assessment.

Over the past 50 years, educational psychology has been predominantly involved with the learning processes of the 'normal, average' student. However, over the past 20 years, mainstreaming and later inclusion has presented an additional challenge for educational psychologists and classroom teachers. This book presents leading research on cognition and learning, individual differences and motivation.

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Innovations in Educational Psychology:

Innovations in Educational Psychology:
Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Human Development
Springer Publishing Company | 2010-01-26 | ISBN: 0826121624
496 pages | PDF | 2 MB

This book serves as a comprehensive review of the current state-of-the-art in educational psychology and applied cognitive science. The chapter authors, who are all leading researchers in this field, provide reviews of contemporary discoveries related to educational research that are both novel and forward-thinking. The book contains the cutting edge literature on genetics and neuroscience, cognitive science and its relation to critical thinking, reading-related phonological processes, cultural considerations in education, and much more.

The research methods and perspectives discussed range from education and psychology, to artificial intelligence and economics, thus offering a breadth of knowledge and insight on the field of educational research. The authors provide numerous tools and models for both routine and non-routine decision-making in educational settings. Both psychologists and researchers in the fields of cognitive, developmental, educational, and cultural psychology will want this book on their bookshelf.

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Frameworks for Practice in Educational Psychology

Frameworks for Practice in Educational Psychology
Jessica Kingsley Publishers | 2008-08-15 | ISBN: 1843106000
256 pages | PDF | 1 MB

This textbook assesses existing and emerging practice frameworks in educational psychology and their relation to theory. Covering current frameworks, such as the Monsen et al. Problem-Solving Framework, the Integrated Problem Solving Framework for Practitioners and the Constructionist Model, as well as emerging approaches, such as Systemic Solution Focussed Models and Positive Psychology Frameworks, contributors explore how they support educational psychology.

The editors consider how existing and emerging frameworks help address current demands for professional accountability, transparency and effectiveness. They conclude with an exploration of the complex methodology and highly integrated approach required by contemporary educational psychologists. This textbook will be an invaluable resource for all practising educational psychologists, students, trainers, and educators.

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Social Psychology

Social Psychology (1st Edition)
Wiley | 2009 | ISBN: 0471250260
640 pages | PDF | 45.28 MB

Psychologists have been searching for a reference that unifies the disparate topics of social psychology around a central theme. Social Psychology follows that approach as it presents the most fundamental concepts in the field.

It touches on all of the major concepts researchers are currently addressing but is firmly grounded in the basic social psychological theories and principles. A single chapter is included on the impact of culture in psychology, focusing on how the findings and theories might differ in different cultures. Psychologists will benefit from two research studies in each chapter that provide a real world perspective of the material.

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Reading for Thinking

Reading for Thinking
7 edition -Laraine E. Flemming
W..worth P..shing | 2011 | ISBN: 0495906395
704 pages | PDF | 17,1 MB


Incorporating a wealth of practice exercises and high-interest readings, READING FOR  THINKING focuses on improving reading skills at the "micro-level" and moving on to the  "macro-level." Over half of the book is devoted to evaluating, drawing inferences, and  identifying tone, bias, and purpose. The Seventh Edition continues to focus on developing  students' comprehension and critical-thinking skills. 

Flemming uses a carefully designed  sequence of explanations and exercises that allows students to approach critical reading as  a natural extension of essential comprehension skills, rather than a discrete set of new  strategies. Armed with the ability to both analyze and evaluate a writer's work, students  apply those twin intellectual tools to Flemming's trademark high-interest readings to  determine purpose, analyze evidence, detect bias, recognize tone, and compare opposing  points of view. Vocabulary quizzes have been added to each chapter.

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Reasoning and Thinking

Reasoning and Thinking
(Cognitive Psychology)-K.I. Manktelow
Ps.chology Press | 1999 | ISBN: 0863777090
256 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB

This undergraduate textbook reviews psychological research in the major areas of reasoning and thinking: deduction, induction, hypothesis testing, probability judgement, and decision making. It also covers the major theoretical debates in each area, and devotes a chapter to one of the liveliest issues in the field: the question of human rationality. 

Central themes that recur throughout the book include not only rationality, but also the relation between normative theories such as logic, probability theory, and decision theory, and human performance, both in experiments and in the world outside the laboratory. No prior acquaintance with formal systems is assumed, and everyday examples are used throughout to illustrate technical and theoretical points.

The book differs from others in the market firstly in the range of material covered: other tend to focus primarily on on either reasoning or thinking. It is also the first student-level text to survey an imporatant new theoretical perspective, the information-gain or rational analysis approach, and to review the rationality debate from the standpoint of psuchological research in a wide range of areas.

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