Educational Psychology

Educational Psychology First Edition will help students meet the challenges of today's classrooms. Future teachers want practical suggestions for why and how to use theory in the classroom. To support their preparation, this textbook emphasizes three challenges in teacher education: understanding and addressing the needs of the diversity of learners in the classroom, applying theories and research to the classroom, and critically examining teaching practices through reflection, problem-solving, and critical thinking.

1 Educational Psychology: Becoming an Effective Classroom Teacher 2

2 Understanding Diversity in the Classroom 24

3 Cognitive and Language Development 70

4 Personal, Social, and Moral Development 114

5 Behavioral Views of Learning 154

6 Cognitive Views of Learning 192

7 Complex Cognitive Processes 234

8 Sociocognitive and Constructivist Views of Learning 280

9 Theories of Motivation and Affect 326

10 Motivation and Affect in the Classroom 366

11 Classroom Management: Creating a Successful Learning Environment 406

12 Assessment in the Classroom 448

13 Assessing Learning through Standardized Testing 496

14 An In-Depth Guide to Using Technology in the Classroom 534

Educational Psychology helps future teachers prepare for the realities of today’s classroom. Roxana Moreno emphasizes challenges in teacher education such as understanding and addressing the needs of the diversity of learners in the classroom, applying theories and research to the classroom, and critically examining teaching practices through reflection, problem solving, and critical thinking.

Educational Psychology includes several methods to reinforce learning:

• the opportunity to engage in the valuable exercise of reflecting regularly upon personal assumptions and critically examining the effectiveness of teaching practices with the range of students with whom they will be involved,
• two types of authentic cases to encourage the application of educational psychology theory and research to teaching situations, and
• pedagogical elements such as chapter-opening graphic organizers and connections across chapters to help future teachers organize their professional knowledge.

In addition, Educational Psychology is available with a powerful online teaching and learning environment, WileyPLUS. WileyPLUS integrates the entire digital textbook with the most effective instructor and student resources to fit every learning style.

• Students achieve concept mastery in a rich, structured environment that’s available 24/7 and
• Instructors can personalize and manage their course more effectively with assessment, assignments, grade tracking, and more. Provided within the Educational Psychology WileyPLUS course are Virtual Class-room Observations and engaging animations and activities from class-rooms around the country.

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