Readings in Educational Psychology

by Woolfolk, Anita

• ISBN13: 9780205278893
• ISBN10: 0205278892
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This book of readings, selected from professional journals and magazines, was developed to expand the usual textbook coverage of current topics in the field. Some of the articles are reviews of research on important topics prepared for practicing teachers and administrators. Other articles take a position or make an argument for a particular approach to teaching or testing. Some selections synthesize research for scholars.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
CHAPTER 1 Teachers, Teaching, and Educational Psychology	1	(26)
1. The Obviousness of Social and Educational Research Results	1	(10)
N. L. Gage
2. School/Family/Community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share	11	(16)
Joyce L. Epstein
CHAPTER 2 Cognitive Development and Language	27	(9)
3. Remembering Father	27	(4)
Gita L. Vygodskaia
4. Piaget's Legacy	31	(5)
John H. Flavell
CHAPTER 3 Personal, Social, and Emotional Development	36	(17)
5. Improving Students' Self-Esteem	36	(3)
Jack Canfield
6. Girls at 11: An Interview with Carol Gilligan	39	(3)
Harvard Graduate School of Education
7. On Our Changing Family Values: A Conversation with David Elkind	42	(5)
Marge Scherer
8. Teaching Themes of Care	47	(6)
Nel Noddings
CHAPTER 4 Learning Abilities and Learning Problems	53	(21)
9. Myths, Countermyths, and Truths about Intelligence	53	(8)
Robert J. Sternberg
10. Reflections on Multiple Intelligences: Myths and Messages	61	(7)
Howard Gardner
11. Teaching Tommy: A Second-Grader with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	68	(6)
Katharina Fachin
CHAPTER 5 The Impact of Culture and Community	74	(20)
12. Cognitive Approaches to Teaching Advanced Skills to Educationally Disadvantaged Students	74	(9)
Barbara Means
Michael S. Knapp
13. Shortchanging Girls and Boys	83	(4)
Susan McGee Bailey
14. The Education of Language-Minority Students: Where Are We, and Where Do We Need to Go?	87	(7)
Claude Goldenberg
CHAPTER 6 Behavioral Views of Learning	94	(14)
15. Parental Discipline Mistakes	94	(4)
Susan G. O'Leary
16. The Debate about Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation: Protests and Accusations Do Not Alter the Results	98	(10)
Judy Cameron
W. David Pierce
CHAPTER 7 Cognitive Views of Learning	108	(17)
17. Putting Learning Strategies to Work	108	(8)
Sharon J. Derry
18. Practicing Representation: Learning with and about Representational Forms	116	(9)
James G. Greeno
Rogers P. Hall
CHAPTER 8 Complex Cognitive Processes	125	(12)
19. The Language of Thinking	125	(8)
Shari Tishman
David Perkins
20. Teaching for Understanding--Within and Across the Disciplines	133	(4)
Howard Gardner
Veronica Boix-Mansilla
CHAPTER 9 Learning and Instruction	137	(24)
21. The Use of Scaffolds for Teaching Higher-Level Cognitive Strategies	137	(9)
Barak Rosenshine
Carla Meister
22. Reading Comprehension: What Works	146	(7)
Linda G. Fielding
P. David Pearson
23. Constructivist Cautions	153	(8)
Peter W. Airasian
Mary E. Walsh
CHAPTER 10 Motivation--Issues and Explanations	161	(22)
24. Sorting Out the Self-Esteem Controversy	161	(6)
James A. Beane
25. Students Need Challenge, Not Easy Success	167	(6)
Margaret M. Clifford
26. History of Motivational Research in Education	173	(10)
Bernard Weiner
CHAPTER 11 Motivation, Teaching, and Learning	183	(10)
27. Learning with Peers: From Small Group Cooperation to Collaborative Communities	183	(5)
Phyllis C. Blumenfeld
Ronald W. Marx
Elliot Soloway
Joseph Krajcik
28. What Do Students Want (and What Really Motivates Them)?	188	(5)
Richard Strong
Harvey F. Silver
Amy Robinson
CHAPTER 12 Creating Learning Environments	193	(13)
29. What Research Really Shows about Assertive Discipline	193	(4)
Gary F. Render
Je Nell M. Padilla
H. Mark Krank
30. Response to Render, Padilla, and Krank: But Practitioners Say It Works!	197	(4)
Sammie McCormack
31. Why Violence Prevention Programs Don't Work--and What Does	201	(5)
David W. Johnson
Roger T. Johnson
CHAPTER 13 Teaching for Learning	206	(15)
32. Memo to Constructivists: Skills Count, Too	206	(4)
Karen R. Harris
Steve Graham
33. Six Myths (and Five Promising Truths) about the Uses of Educational Technology	210	(4)
Terry Woronov
34. How K-12 Teachers Are Using Computer Networks	214	(7)
Jon M. Peha
CHAPTER 14 Standardized Testing	221	(28)
35. Innovation or Enervation? Performance Assessment in Perspective	221	(6)
Gregory J. Cizek
36. A Response to Cizek	227	(5)
Grant Wiggins
37. Confusion Effusion: A Rejoinder to Wiggins	232	(5)
Gregory J. Cizek
38. Parents' Thinking about Standardized Tests and Performance Assessments	237	(12)
Lorrie A. Shepard
Carribeth L. Bliem
CHAPTER 15 Classroom Assessment and Grading	249
39. Synthesis of Research on Reviews and Tests	249	(7)
Frank N. Dempster
40. Understanding Rubrics	256	(5)
Heidi Goodrich
41. Competitive Grading Sabotages Good Teaching	261
John D. Krumboltz
Christine J. Yeh