Educational Psychology: Developing Learners

1. Educational Psychology and Teacher Decision Making. I. UNDERSTANDING STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY. 2. Cognitive and Linguistic Development. 3. Personal, Social, and Moral Development. 4. Individual and Group Differences. 5. Students with Special Educational Needs. II. UNDERSTANDING HOW STUDENTS LEARN. 6. Learning and Cognitive Processes. 7. Knowledge Construction. 8. Higher-Level Thinking Skills. 9. Behaviorist Views of Learning. 10. Social Cognitive Views of Learning. 11. Motivation and Affect. 12. Cognitive Factors in Motivation. III. UNDERSTANDING INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES. 13. Instructional Strategies. 14. Creating and Maintaining a Productive Classroom Environment. 15. Basic Concepts and Issues in Assessment. 16. Classroom Assessment Strategies. Appendix A: Describing Relationships with Correlation Coefficients. Appendix B: Analyses of Ending Case Studies. Appendix C: Matching Book and Ancillary Content to the PRAXIS Tests. Glossary. References. Name Index. Subject Index.