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Focused on the “big ideas” of educational psychology, Essentials of Educational Psychology presents the core concepts and research-based strategies that are most directly applicable to teaching and learning. Full of classroom applications and strategies for planning and carrying out instruction, assessment, and classroom management, this unique text helps readers understand how to facilitate learning as teachers. This title is offered as an Enhanced Pearson eText and provides a rich, interactive learning experience with embedded video, video analysis exercises, interactive learning modules, classroom simulations, licensure examination preparation exercises, and assessments. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded video, video analysis exercises, interactive learning modules, classroom simulations, licensure examination preparation exercises, and assessments.

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From reviews of the book:

“I do not think anyone can write to an undergraduate like Jeanne Ormrod can.”

—Deborah Switzer, Clemson University

“Many similar textbooks suffer from the "everything, including the kitchen sink" problem. This is a mostly-lean and focused text. . . . The extensive examples help with clarity. . . . [And I] appreciate how a chapter starts with theory and research, and ends with lots and lots of useful strategies. This book really matches its subtitle [“Big Ideas to Guide Effective Teaching”]. I . . . greatly value the Cultural Considerations box in each chapter. . . [and] plan to make time to come back and study them again, to improve both how I teach and what I teach my students about learner differences.”

—Kym Buchanan, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

“I see students in my class who are not able to do well in other courses . . . get high grades in this course partly due to the textbook. This text is written in a . . . way for students to get the main points of the material and connect them with real-life examples. In this way, they are able to quickly become successful at understanding the material in a practical and applicable way. This text . . . is [also]a good study tool to use when preparing for licensure exams.”

—Kimberlee Taylor, Utah State University

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod received her A.B. in psychology from Brown University and her M.S. and Ph.D. 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 at Boulder and has worked as a middle school geography teacher and school psychologist. She was Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado until 1998, when she moved east to return to her native New England. She has published numerous research articles on cognition and memory, cognitive development, and giftedness but is probably best known for this book and four others: Human Learning (currently in its sixth edition); Educational Psychology: Developing Learners (currently in its eigth edition); Child Development and Education (co authored with Teresa McDevitt, currently in its fifth edition); and Practical Research (co authored with Paul Leedy, currently in its tenth edition). She has also recently published a non textbook for a broad audience: Our Minds, Our Memories: Enhancing Thinking and Learning at All Ages. With her three children now grown and out on their own, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, Richard.

Brief Table of Contents for

Chapter 1. Introduction to Educational Psychology

GENERAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPING AS A TEACHER

STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING AND STUDYING EFFECTIVELY

SUMMARY

Chapter 2. Learning, Cognition, and Memory

LEARNING AS A CONSTRUCTIVE PROCESS

THINKING AND LEARNING IN THE BRAIN

HOW HUMAN MEMORY OPERATES

WHY LEARNERS MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER WHAT THEY HAVE

LEARNED

PROMOTING EFFECTIVE COGNITIVE PROCESSES

SUMMARY

Chapter 3. Learning in Context

IMMEDIATE STIMULI AS CONTEXT

SOCIAL INTERACTION AS CONTEXT

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

SUMMARY

Chapter 4. Complex Cognitive Processes

METACOGNITION

SELF-REGULATION

TRANSFER

PROBLEM SOLVING AND CREATIVITY

CRITICAL THINKING

PROMOTING COMPLEX COGNITIVE PROCESSES

SUMMARY

Chapter 5. Cognitive Development

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES

TRENDS IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

INTELLIGENCE

ADDRESSING STUDENTS’ DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS

SUMMARY

Chapter 6. Motivation and Affect

THE NATURE OF MOTIVATION

BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION

COGNITIVE FACTURES IN MOTIVATION

AFFECT AND ITS EFFECTS ON MOTIVATION AND LEARNING

PROMOTING MOTIVATION AND PRODUCTIVE AFFECT

SUMMARY

Chapter 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

SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO FACE EXCEPTIONAL PERSONAL OR

SOCIAL CHALLENGES

SUMMARY

Chapter 8. Instructional Strategies

PLANNING INSTRUCTION

CONDUCTING TEACHER-DIRECTED INSTRUCTION

CONDUCTING LEARNER-DIRECTED INSTRUCTION

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

SUMMARY

Chapter 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

SUMMARY

Chapter 10. Assessment Strategies

USING ASSESSMENTS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES

ENHANCING LEARNING THROUGH CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT PRACTICES

IMPORTANT QUALITIES OF GOOD ASSESSMENT

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

SUMMARY

Appendix A. Describing Associations with Correlation Coefficients

Appendix B. Understanding and Interpreting Standardized Test Results

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