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Essentials of educational psychology / Jeanne Ellis Ormrod.

By: Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Education, 2009Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxiv, 410 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780135016572; 0135016576.Subject(s): Educational psychology -- TextbooksDDC classification: 370.15
Contents:
Introduction to educational psychology -- Learning, cognition, and memory -- Learning in context -- Higher-level cognitive processes -- Cognitive development -- Motivation and affect -- Personal and social development -- Instructional strategies -- Strategies for creating an effective classroom environment -- Assessment strategies.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The first book of its kind, Essentials of Educational Psychology focuses squarely on the core concepts, principles, and underlying assumptions of the field of educational psychology-the big ideas of ed psych. Because of this focus and the book's exceptionally direct and clear presentation, Essentials is a 10 chapter book that can truly be covered and understood in a term. It is a book that enables and empowers students to understand the value and essential importance of educational psychology to becoming a qualified and quality teacher.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction to educational psychology -- Learning, cognition, and memory -- Learning in context -- Higher-level cognitive processes -- Cognitive development -- Motivation and affect -- Personal and social development -- Instructional strategies -- Strategies for creating an effective classroom environment -- Assessment strategies.

CIT Module PSYC 7002 - Core reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Introduction to Educational Psychology Case Study: Starting High School
  • Basic Assumptions of Educational Psychology Strategies for Learning and Studying Effectively
  • 2 Learning, Cognition, and Memory Case Study: The New World Learning as a Constructive
  • Process Thinking and Learning in the Brain How Human Memory Works
  • Why Learners May or May Not Remember What They've Learned Promoting Effective Cognitive Processes
  • 3 Learning in Context Case Study: Ben and Sylvia
  • The Immediate Environment as Context Social
  • Interaction as Context Culture and Society as Context
  • How Learners Affect Their Environment Providing Supportive Contexts for Learning
  • 4 Higher-Level Cognitive Processes Case Study: Taking Over Metacognition
  • Self-Regulation Transfer
  • Problem Solving and Creativity
  • Critical Thinking Promoting Higher-Level Cognitive Processes
  • 5 Cognitive Development Case Study: Hidden Treasure General Principles of Development
  • Developmental Processes Trends in Cognitive
  • Development Intelligence Addressing Students'
  • Developmental Needs
  • 6 Motivation and Affect Case Study: Passing Algebra
  • Basic Human Needs How Motivation Affects Behavior and Cognition
  • Cognitive Factors in Motivation Affect and Its Effects
  • Promoting Motivation and Positive Affect
  • 7 Personal and Social Development Case Study: The School Play
  • Personality and Sense of Self Peer Relationships Social
  • Cognition Moral and Prosocial Development
  • Promoting Personal and Social Development
  • 8 Instructional Strategies Case Study: The Oregon Trail Planning
  • Instruction Conducting Teacher-Directed
  • Instruction Conducting Learner-Directed
  • Instruction General Instructional Strategies
  • 9 Strategies for Creating an Effective Classroom Environment Case Study: A Contagious Situation Creating an Environment
  • Conducive to Learning
  • Expanding the Sense of Community Beyond the Classroom
  • Reducing Unproductive Behaviors
  • Addressing Aggression and Violence at School