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Educational psychology / N.L. Gage.

By: Gage, N. L. (Nathaniel Lees), 1917-2008 [author].
Contributor(s): Berliner, David C [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookBoston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998Edition: 6th edition.Description: xxiv, 676 pages : illustratons (some color) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0395797942; 9780395797945.Subject(s): Educational psychology | Effective teaching -- United States | Educational tests and measurements -- United States | Teachers -- Training of -- United States | Education | Educational psychologyDDC classification: 370.15 | 370.15 GAG
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Educational Psychology,6/e, offers a unique set of teaching methods chapters that demonstrate how research applies in today's classrooms. The Sixth Edition features lively classroom scenarios and offers learning tools designed to prompt critical thinking and comprehension.

Previous ed.: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 625-660) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • I Educational Psychology: Some Background
  • 1 Educational Psychology's Purposes and Methods
  • 2 The Tasks, Standards, and Objectives of Teaching
  • II Student Characteristics
  • 3 Cognitive Abilities
  • 4 The Development of Cognition, Language, and Personality
  • 5 Human Diversity and the Schools: Culture, Gender, and Exceptionality
  • III Learning and Motivation: Theories and Applications
  • 6 Behavioral and Social Views of Learning
  • 7 Cognitive Learning: Processes and Strategies to Make Meaning
  • 8 Motivation and Learning
  • IV Teaching Methods and Practices
  • 9 Lecturing and Explaining
  • 10 Teaching Small Groups: The Discussion Method and Cooperative Learning
  • 11 Individual Instruction
  • 12 Classroom Teaching: The Orchestration of Methods
  • V Assessment
  • 13 Basic Concepts in Assessment and the Interpretation of Standardized Testing
  • 14 The Teacher's Assessment and Grading of Student Learning