Table of Contents

1. Educational Psychology:

• A Foundation for Teaching. What Makes a Good Teacher?
• What Is the Role of Research in Educational Psychology?
• What Research Methods Are Used in Educational Psychology?

2. Theories of Development:

• What Are Some Views of Human Development?
• How Did Piaget View Cognitive Development?
• How Is Piaget's Work Viewed Today?
• How Did Vygotsky View Cognitive Development?
• How Did Erickson View Personal and Social Development?
• What Are Some Theories of Moral Development?

3. Development During Childhood and Adolescence:

• How Do Children Develop During the Preschool Years?
• What Kinds of Early Childhood Education Programs Exist?
• How Do Children Develop During the Elementary Years?
• How Do Children Develop During the Middle School and High School Years?

4. Student Diversity:

• What Is the Impact of Culture on Teaching and Learning?
• How Does Socioeconomic Status Affect Student Achievement?
• How Do Ethnicity and Race Affect Students' School Experiences?
• How Do Language Differences Affect Student Achievement?
• What Is Multicultural Education?
• How Do Gender and Gender Bias Affect Students' School Experiences?
• How Do Students Differ in Intelligence and Learning Styles?

5. Behavioral Theories of Learning:

• What Is Learning?
• What Behavioral Learning Theories Have Evolved?
• What Are Some Principles of Behavioral Learning?
• How Has Social Learning Theory Contributed to Our Understanding of Human Learning?

6. Cognitive Theories of Learning: Basic Concepts:

• What Is an Information-Processing Model?
• What Causes People to Remember or Forget?
• How Can Memory Strategies Be Taught?
• What Makes Information Meaningful?
• How Do Metacognitive Skills Help Students Learn?
• What Study Strategies Help Students Learn?
• How Do Metacognitive Teaching Strategies Help Students Learn?

7. The Effective Lesson:

• What Is Direct Instruction?
• How Is a Direct Instruction Lesson Taught?
• What Does Research on Direct Instruction Methods Suggest?
• How Do Students Learn and Transfer Concepts?
• How Are Discussions Used in Instruction?

8. Student-Centered and Constructivist Approaches to Instruction:

• What Is the Constructivist View of Learning?
• How Is Cooperative Learning Used in Instruction?
• How Are Problem-Solving and Thinking Skills Taught?

9. Accommodating Instruction to Meet Individual Needs:

• What Are Elements of Effective Instruction beyond a Good Lesson?
• How Are Students Grouped to Accommodate Achievement Differences?
• What Is Mastery Learning?
• What Are Some Ways of Individualizing Instruction?
• What Educational Programs Exist for Students Placed at Risk?

10. Motivating Students to Learn:

• What Is Motivation?
• What Are Some Theories of Motivation?
• How Can Achievement Motivation Be Enhanced?
• How Can Teachers Increase Students' Motivation to Learn?
• How Can Teachers Reward Performance, Effort, and Improvement?

11. Effective Learning Environments:

• What Is an Effective Learning Environment?
• What Is the Impact of Time on Learning?
• What Practices Contribute to Effective Classroom Management?
• What Are Some Strategies for Managing Routine Misbehavior?
• How Is Applied Behavior Analysis Used to Manage More Serious
• Behavior Problems? How Can Serious Behavior Problems Be Prevented?

12. Learners with Exceptionalities:

• What Are Learners with Exceptionalities?
• What Is Special Education?
• What Are Mainstreaming and Inclusion?

13. Assessing Student Learning:

• What Are Instructional Objectives and How Are They Used?
• Why Is Evaluation Important?
• How Is Student Learning Evaluated?
• How Are Tests Constructed?
• What Are Portfolio and Performance Assessments?

14. Standardized Tests and Grades:

• What Are Standardized Tests and How Are They Used?
• What Types of Standardized Tests Are Given?
• How Are Standardized Tests Interpreted?
• What Are Some Issues Concerning Standardized and Classroom
• Testing? How Are Grades Determined?
• References.
• Name Index.
• Subject Index.