Pearson eText Essentials of Educational Psychology: Big Ideas To Guide Effective Teaching -- Access Card

by Jeanne Ormrod / Brett Jones

• ISBN13: 9780136943129
• ISBN10: 0136943128
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2020-09-18
• Publisher: PEARSO

Summary

Provides the core concepts in educational psychology with strategies to facilitate learning and development.
While generally shorter than competing educational psychology textbooks, Essentials of Educational Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of theories, research, and educational implications related to learning and cognition, motivation, child and adolescent development, instructional methods, classroom management, and assessment. Each chapter is organized around three to six Big Ideas, and each Big Idea is then divided into several more specific bold-faced principles or recommendations. Widely acclaimed for its conversational writing style, the book provides a clear and easily understood picture of the psychological principles that impact teaching and learning.

For courses in Introduction to Educational Psychology.

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Author Biography

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod received her AB in psychology from Brown University and her MS and PhD in educational psychology from The Pennsylvania State University. She earned licensure in school psychology through postdoctoral work at Temple University and the University of Colorado-Boulder and has worked as a middle school geography teacher and school psychologist. For 22 years, she was a faculty member at the University of Northern Colorado, where she taught undergraduate courses in educational psychology and graduate-level courses in human learning, assessment, and research methods. She has published and presented extensively on cognition and memory, cognitive development, instruction, and related topics but is probably best known for this book and four other textbooks: Human Learning (currently in its 7th edition); Educational Psychology: Developing Learners (currently in its 9th edition, now with Eric and Lynley Anderman as co-authors); Child Development and Education (co-authored with Teresa McDevitt, currently in its 6th edition); and Practical Research (co-authored with Paul Leedy, currently in its 11th edition).

Brett D. Jones is a Professor in the Educational Psychology Program within the School of Education at Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). He received his BAE in Architectural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and his MA and PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He has held faculty positions as an educational psychologist at Duke University, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and Virginia Tech. He has taught 24 different types of university courses related to motivation, cognition, and teaching strategies. Dr. Jones has also conducted workshops and invited presentations at several universities and has presented over 100 research papers at conferences. His research, which includes examining instructional methods that support students' motivation and learning, has led to over 70 articles, several book chapters, and a two other books besides this book: Motivating Students by Design: Practical Strategies for Professors, and The Unintended Consequences Of High-Stakes Testing.

Table of Contents

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction to Educational Psychology
2. Learning, Cognition, and Memory
3. Complex Cognitive Processes
4. Learning in Context
5. Motivation and Affect
6. Cognitive Development
7. Personal, Social, and Moral Development
8. Instructional Strategies
9. Strategies for Creating an Effective Classroom Environment
10. Assessment Strategies

DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction to Educational Psychology
Using Research Findings to Make Instructional Decisions
Developing as a Teacher
Strategies for Learning and Studying Effectively

2. Learning, Cognition, and Memory
Thinking and Learning in the Brain
Learning as Active Construction
How Human Memory Operates
Why Learners May or May Not Remember What They Have Learned
Promoting Effective Cognitive Processes
Supporting Optimal Brain Functioning
Remembering the Limitations of Attention and Working Memory
Encouraging Effective Long-Term Memory Storage Processes
Facilitating Retrieval
Monitoring Students' Progress

3. Complex Cognitive Processes
Self-Regulation and Metacognition
Effective Self-Regulated Learning
The Roles of Metacognition
Transfer
Problem Solving and Creativity
Critical Thinking
Promoting Self-Regulation Skills and Metacognitive Development
Creating a Classroom Environment that Nurtures Complex Processes.

4. Learning in Context
Immediate Stimuli as Context
Social Interaction as Context
Culture, Society, Technology and Academic Domains as Contexts
Culture as Context
Society as Context
Technology and Media as Contexts
Academic Content Domains as Contexts
How Learners Modify Their Environments
Providing Supportive Contexts for Learning
Encouraging Productive Behaviors
Providing Physical, Social, and Technological Support for Effective Cognitive Processes
Taking Students' Broader Cultural and Socioeconomic Context into Account

5. Motivation and Affect
The Nature of Motivation
Basic Human Needs
Cognitive Factors in Motivation
Affect and its Effects on Motivation and Learning
Promoting Motivation and Productive Affect
Strategies That Empower Students
Strategies That Demonstrate the Usefulness of Activities
Strategies That Foster Success
Strategies That Stimulate Interest
Strategies That Show and Promote Caring
Strategies That Generate Productive Affect for Learning

6. Cognitive Development
General Principles of Development
Developmental Processes
Trends in Cognitive Development
Intelligence
Addressing Students' Developmental Needs
Accommodating Developmental Differences and Diversity
Fostering Cognitive Development in All Students

7. Personal, Social, and Moral Development
Personality and Sense of Self
Peer Relationships
Social Cognition
Moral and Prosocial Development
Promoting Personal, Social, and Moral Development
Fostering Personal Development
Encouraging Effective Social Cognition and Interpersonal Skills
Promoting Moral Reasoning and Prosocial Behavior
Supporting Students Who Face Exceptional Personal or Social Challenges

8. Instructional Strategies
Planning Instruction
Conducting Teacher-Directed Instruction
Conducting Learner-Directed Instruction
General Instructional Strategies

9. Strategies for Creating an Effective Classroom Environment
Creating an Environment Conducive to Learning
Expanding the Sense of Community Beyond the Classroom
Reducing Unproductive Behaviors
Addressing Aggression and Violence at School

10. Assessment Strategies
Using Assessments for Various Purposes
Guiding Instructional Decision Making
Diagnosing Learning and Performance Problem
Determining What Students Have Ultimately Learned from Instruction
Evaluating the Quality of Instruction
Promoting Learning
Enhancing Learning through Classroom Assessment Practices
Important Qualities of Good Assessment
Informally and Formally Assessing Students' Progress and Achievements
Conducting Informal Assessments
Designing and Giving Formal Assessments
Evaluating Students' Performance on Formal Assessments
Summarizing Students' Achievement with Grades and Portfolios
Assessing Students' Achievement and Abilities with Standardized Tests