Santrock, John W.

Educational psychology / John W. Santrock - 5th Edition - [Place of publication not identifed] : McGraw Hill Education, c2011 - xxxviii, 584 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Educational psychology: a tool for effective teaching -- Cognitive and language development -- Social contexts and socioemotional development -- Individual variations -- Sociocultural diversity -- Learners who are exceptional -- Behavioral and social cognitive approaches -- The information-processing approach -- Complex cognitive processes -- Social constructivist approaches -- Learning and cognition in the content areas -- Planning, instruction, and technology -- Motivation, teaching, and learning -- Managing the classroom -- Standardized tests and teaching -- Classroom assessment and grading.

This edition includes fewer boxed features as the material on a number of topics is now integrated seamlessly into the text discussion. Three aspect of educational psychology that appear n the natural flow of the text that previously were separated from the text in boxes are diversity, development and technology .

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EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

LB 1051 .S262 2011