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9780073378787

Educational Psychology

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    9780073378787

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    007337878X

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-12-28
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary

John Santrock's Educational Psychology is a well-crafted text that emphasizes the application of theory to classroom practice. With richly evocative classroom vignettes provided by practicing teachers, as well as the most case studies - three per chapter - of any Introductory text, Santrock's Educational Psychology helps students think critically about the research basis for best practices. Additionally, Santrock's hallmark Learning System organizes the content into manageable chunks to support retention and mastery, and makes it much more likely that students will have an engaging and successful course experience.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Educational Psychology: A Tool for Effective Teaching

Exploring Educational Psychology

Historical Background
Teaching: Art and Science
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Effective Teaching

Professional Knowledge and Skills
Commitment, Motivation and Caring
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Research in Educational Psychology

Why Research Is Important
Research Methods
Program Evaluation Research, Action Research, and the Teacher-as-Researcher
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: Connecting with the Classroom

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 2 Cognitive and Language Development

An Overview of Child Development

Exploring What Development Is
Processes and Periods
Developmental Issues
Development and Education
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Cognitive Development

The Brain
Piaget’s Theory
Vygotsky’s Theory
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Language Development

What Is Language?
Biological and Environmental Influences
How Language Develops
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Book Report

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 3 Social Contexts and Socioemotional Development

Contemporary Theories

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory
Erikson’s Life-Span Development Theory
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Social Contexts of Development

Families
Peers
Schools
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Socioemotional Development

The Self
Moral Development
Coping With Stress
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Fight

Reach Your Learning Goals
Key Terms
Portfolio Activities
Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 4 Individual Varations

Intelligence

What Is Intelligence?
Intelligence Tests
Theories of Multiple Intelligences
The Neuroscience of Intelligence
Controversies and Issues in Intelligence
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Learning and Thinking Styles

Impulsive/Reflective Styles
Deep/Surface Styles
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Personality and Temperament

Personality
Temperament
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: Workshops

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 5 Sociocultural Diversity

Culture and Ethnicity

Culture
Socioeconomic Status
Ethnicity
Bilingualism
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Multicultural Education

Empowering Students
Culturally Relevant Teaching
Issues-Centered Education
Improving Relations Among Children from Different Ethnic Groups
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Gender

Exploring Gender Views
Gender Stereotyping, Similarities, and Differences
Gender-Role Classification
Gender in Context
Eliminating Gender Bias
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: These Boys

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 6 Learners Who Are Exceptional

Children with Disabilities

Learning Disabilities
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Mental Retardation
Physical Disorders
Sensory Disorders
Speech and Language Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Educational Issues Involving Children with Disabilities

Legal Aspects
Technology
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Children Who Are Gifted

Characteristics
Nature/Nuture, Developmental Changes and Domain-Specific Giftedness
Educating Children Who Are Gifted
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: Now What

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 7 Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches

What Is Learning?

What Learning Is and Is Not
Approaches to Learning
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Behavioral Approaches to Learning

Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Applied Behavior Analysis in Education

What Is Applied Behavior Analysis?
Increasing Desirable Behaviors
Decreasing Undesirable Behaviors
Evaluating Operant Conditioning and Applied Behavior
Analysis
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Social Cognitive Approaches to Learning

Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory
Observational Learning
Cognitive Behavior Approaches and Self-Regulation
Evaluating the Social Cognitive Approaches
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: Consequences

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 8 The Information-Processing Approach

The Nature of the Information-Processing Approach

Information, Memory, and Thinking
Cognitive Resources: Capacity and Speed of Processing Information
Mechanisms of Change
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Attention

What Is Attention?
Developmental Changes
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Memory

What Is Memory?
Encoding
Storage
Retrieval and Forgetting
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Expertise

Expertise and Learning
Acquiring Expertise
Expertise and Teaching
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Metacognition

Developmental Changes
The Good Information-Processing Model
Strategies and Metacognitive Regulation
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Test

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 9 Complex Cognitive Processes

Conceptual Understanding

What Are Concepts?
Promoting Concept Formation
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Thinking

What Is Thinking?
Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Decision Making
Creative Thinking
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Problem Solving

Steps in Problem Solving
Obstacles to Solving Problems
Developmental Changes
Developmental Changes
Problem-Based Learning and Project-Based Learning
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Transfer

What Is Transfer?
Types of Transfer
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Statistics Test

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 10 Social Constructivist Approaches

Social Constructivist Approaches to Teaching

Social Constructivism in the Broader Constructivist Context
Situated Cognition
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Teachers and Peers as Joint Contributors to Students’ Learning

Scaffolding
Cognitive Apprenticeship
Tutoring
Cooperative Learning
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Structuring Small-Group Work

Composing the Group
Team-Building Skills
Structuring Small-Group Interaction
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Social Constructivist Programs

Fostering a Community of Learners
Schools for Thought
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Social Constructivist Classroom

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 11 Learning and Cognition in the Content Areas

Expert Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Review, Reflect, and Practice

Reading

A Developmental Model of Reading
Approaches to Reading
Cognitive Approaches
Social Constructivist Approaches
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Writing

Developmental Changes
Cognitive Approaches
Social Constructivist Approaches
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Mathematics

Developmental Changes
Controversy in Math Education
Cognitive Processes
Some Constructivist Principles
Technology and Math Instruction
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Science

Science Education
Constructivist Teaching Strategies
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Social Studies

What Is Social Studies?
Constructivist Approaches
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Constructivist Math Curriculum

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 12 Planning, Instruction, and Technology

Planning

Instructional Planning
Time Frames and Planning
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Teacher-Centered Lesson Planning and Instruction

Teacher-Centered Lesson Planning
Direct Instruction
Teacher-Centered Instructional Strategies
Evaluating Teacher-Centered Instruction
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Learner-Centered Lesson Planning and Instruction

Learner-Centered Principles
Some Learner-Centered Instructional Strategies
Evaluating Learner-Centered Strategies
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Technology and Education

The Technology Revolution and the Internet
Standards for Technology-Literate Students
Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Big Debate

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 13 Motivation, Teaching, and Learning

Exploring Motivation

What Is Motivation?
Perspectives on Motivation
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Achievement Processes

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation
Attribution
Mastery Motivation and Mindset
Self-Efficacy
Goal Setting, Planning, and Self-Monitoring
Expectations
Values and Purpose
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Motivation, Relationships, and Sociocultural Contexts

Social Motives
Social Relationships
Sociocultural Contexts
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Exploring Achievement Difficulties

Students Who Are Low Achieving and Have Low
Expectations for Success
Students Who Protect Their Self-Worth by Avoiding Failure
Students Who Procrastinate
Students Who Are Perfectionists
Students with High Anxiety
Students Who Are Uninterested or Alienated
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Reading Incentive Program

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 14 Managing the Classroom

Why Classrooms Need to Be Managed Effectively

Management Issues in Elementary and Secondary School Classrooms
The Crowded, Complex, and Potentially Chaotic Classroom
Getting Off to the Right Start
Emphasizing Instruction and a Positive Classroom Climate
Management Goals and Strategies
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Designing the Physical Environment of the Classroom

Principles of Classroom Arrangement
Arrangement Style
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

General Strategies
Creating, Teaching, and Maintaining Rules and Procedures
Getting Students to Cooperate
Classroom Management and Diversity
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Being a Good Communicator

Speaking Skills
Listening Skills
Nonverbal Communication
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Dealing with Problem Behaviors

Management Strategies
Dealing with Aggression
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Chatty Student

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 15 Standardized Tests and Teaching

The Nature of Standardized Tests

Standardized Tests and Their Purposes
Criteria for Evaluating Standardized Tests
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Aptitude and Achievement Tests

Comparing Aptitude and Achievement Tests
Types of Standardized Achievement Tests
High-Stakes State Standards-Based Tests
Standardized Tests of Teacher Candidates
Review, Reflect, and Practice

The Teacher’s Roles

Preparing Students to Take Standardized Tests
Understanding and Interpreting Test Results
Using Standardized Test Scores to Plan and Improve Instruction
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Issues in Standardized Tests

Standardized Tests, Alternative Assessments, and High-Stakes Testing
Diversity and Standardized Testing
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Standardized Test Pressure

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Chapter 16 Classroom Assessment and Grading

The Classroom as an Assessment Context

Assessment as an Integral Part of Teaching
Making Assessment Compatible with Contemporary Views of Learning and Motivation
Contemporary Views of Learning and Motivation
Creating Clear, Appropriate Learning Targets
Establishing High-Quality Assessments
Current Trends
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Traditional Tests

Selected-Response Items
Constructed-Response Items
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Alternative Assessments

Trends in Alternative Assessment
Performance Assessment
Portfolio Assessment
Review, Reflect, and Practice

Grading and Reporting Performance

The Purposes of Grading
The Components of a Grading System
Reporting Students’ Progress and Grades to Parents
Some Issues in Grading
Review, Reflect, and Practice

CRACK THE CASE: The Case of the Project

Reach Your Learning Goals

Key Terms

Portfolio Activities

Study, Practice, and Succeed

Glossary G-0

Praxis(TM) Answer Key P-0

References R-0

Credits C-1

Name Index I-1

Subject Index I-11

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