Educational Psychology category: 2684 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Originating in a recent NSF conference held at the University of Michigan, this book examines the latest ideas about how children interact with objects and through that interaction acquire new understandings, attitudes, and feelings. Although museum education provides the primary setting within which...
Beyond Rain Man
What One Psychologist Learned Raising a Son on the Autism Spectrum
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Although one child in 68 is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, psychologist Anne Ross is stunned when she learns her son has Asperger’s Syndrome. The diagnosis propels her more deeply into her life’s work with children on the spectrum. Her compelling and lyrical story of raising—and...
Handbook of Response to Intervention
The Science and Practice of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
The Second Edition of this essential handbook provides a comprehensive, updated overview of the science that informs best practices for the implementation of response to intervention (RTI) processes within Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to facilitate the academic success of all students. The...
Resistance to Learning
Overcoming the Desire Not to Know in Classroom Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Alcorn examines qualities of student resistance to new and uncomfortable information and proposes methods for teachers to work productively with such resistance. Drawing on research from numerous disciplines showing how emotion grounds human reason, he outlines an agenda that makes emotional experience central to educational practice.
An Interpersonal Approach to Classroom Management
Strategies for Improving Student Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Presenting the psychology behind the best-managed classrooms
The authors engage you from the start by contrasting how differently teachers respond to common situations. They expertly bridge the gap between educational psychology and classroom management from the perspectives of student engagement,...
Beyond Individual Differences
Organizing Processes, Information Overload, and Classroom Learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
In an era of intense interest in educational reform, spurred by increasing global competition for jobs and advancement, it is more critical than ever to understand the nature of learning. And although much attention is paid to differences between learners, short shrift is often given to cognitive...
Handbook of Mindfulness in Education
Integrating Theory and Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
This handbook addresses the educational uses of mindfulness in schools. It summarizes the state of the science and describes current and emerging applications and challenges throughout the field. It explores mindfulness concepts in scientific, theoretical, and practical terms and examines training...
by George McCloskey, Lisa A. Perkins, Bob Van Diviner
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
In Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties, McCloskey, Perkins, and Diviner provide a unique blend of theory, research, and practice that offers clinicians an overarching framework for the concept of executive functions (EFs) in educational settings. The conceptual model of...
Treating NVLD in Children
Professional Collaborations for Positive Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) have needs that can take many forms and may, over time, require consultation and collaboration with professionals from several fields. Given that multiple specialists may be involved in working with children with NVLD – as well as the array of...
by Christine B. McCormick, PhD, David G. Scherer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
This accessible text--now revised and updated--has given thousands of future educators a solid grounding in developmental science to inform their work in schools. The book reviews major theories of development and their impact on educational practice. Chapters examine how teaching and learning intersect...
Ourselves
Why We Are Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This book delves into how we come to terms with ourselves, with other people, and with the world in general. It is about how we come to be what we are, and to think the way we do. It is a book about influences on this process. A particular influence to which Smith gives central consideration is language,...
by Yuriy V. Karpov
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Lev Vygotsky's approach to children's learning and development centers on adult mediation: adults engage children in age-appropriate activities and promote in this context the development of new motives and tools for thinking, problem solving, and self-regulation. Although this approach has earned...
Intelligence and Technology
The Impact of Tools on the Nature and Development of Human Abilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2005
In this volume, Robert J. Sternberg and David D. Preiss bring together different perspectives on understanding the impact of various technologies on human abilities, competencies, and expertise. The inclusive range of historical, comparative, sociocultural, cognitive, educational, industrial/organizational, and human factors approaches will stimula
What the West Can Learn From the East
Asian Perspectives on the Psychology of Learning and Motivation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Education, East and West, is today mostly Western in orientation. Asian perspectives remain relatively unrepresented in curricula, pedagogy and administrative structures. This volume has brought together authors researching in Asia who redress this imbalance and describe what the West can learn from...