Developments in Educational Psychology

by Wheldall; Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780415469937
• ISBN10: 0415469937
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-08-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

What is the relevance of educational psychology in the twenty-first century?

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vii
About the editor	p. viii
Notes on contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
When will we ever learn? Or the elephant in the classroom	p. 1
Educational psychology - theory, research, and teaching	p. 14
Intelligence and IQ	p. 30
Trends in peer learning	p. 53
Family environments and children&esquo;s outcomes	p. 69
Individual differences and educational performance	p. 80
Progress in communication intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities	p. 95
Students' approaches to learning and teachers' approaches to teaching in higher education	p. 102
Reflections on the database of educational psychology and effective teaching research	p. 110
Evidence-based practice for education?	p. 131
Recent research on troublesome classroom behaviour	p. 135
Teachers' use of approval and disapproval in the classroom	p. 153
Classroom seating arrangements and classroom behaviour	p. 181
Teacher judgment of reading performance	p. 196
Index	p. 217
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