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• 1 Teachers, Teaching and Educational Psychology
• Do Teachers Make a Difference?
• What Is Good Teaching?
• The Role of Educational Psychology
• Using Research to Understand and Improve Teaching
• How This Book Can Help You Learn
• Using Web Resources to Enhance Professional Development
• 2 Cognitive Development and Language
• A Definition of Development
• Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
• Implications of Piaget's Theory for Teachers
• Vygotsky's Sociocultural Perspective
• Implications of Vygotsky's Theory for Teachers
• The Development of Language
• 3 Personal, Social, and Emotional Development
• The Work of Erikson
• Understanding Ourselves and Others
• Moral Development
• Socialization: Family, Peers, and Teachers
• Challenges for Children
• 4 Learner Differences
• Language and Labeling
• Individual Differences in Intelligence
• Ability Differences and Teaching
• Cognitive and Learning Styles
• Changes in the Law: Integration, Mainstreaming, and Inclusion
• Prevalent Problems and Mild Disabilities
• Students with Communication Disorders
• Less Prevalent Problems and More Severe Disabilities
• Section 504 Protections for Students
• Students Who Are Gifted and Talented
• 5 Culture and Community
• Today's Multicultural Classrooms
• Social Class Differences
• Ethnic and Racial Differences
• Girls and Boys: Differences in the Classroom
• Language Differences in the Classroom
• Creating Culturally Compatible Classrooms
• Bringing it All Together: Teaching Every Student
• 6 Behavioral Views of Learning
• Understanding Learning
• Early Explanations of Learning: Contiguity and Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning: Trying New Responses
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Behavioral Approaches to Teaching and Management
• Recent Approaches: Self-Regulation and Cognitive Behavior Modification
• Problems and Issues
• 7 Cognitive Views of Learning
• Elements of the Cognitive Perspective
• The Information Processing Model of Memory
• Long-Term Memory: The Goal of Training
• Metacognition, Regulation, and Individual Differences
• Becoming Knowledgeable: Some Basic Principles
• 8 Complex Cognitive Processes
• Learning and Teaching About Concepts
• Problem Solving
• Teaching Concepts in Diverse Classrooms
• Problem Solving
• Becoming an Expert Student: Learning Strategies and Study Skills
• Teaching for Transfer
• 9 Social Cognitive and Constructivist Views of Learning
• Social Processes in Learning
• Social Learning and Social Cognitive Theories
• Constructivism and Situated Learning
• Applications of Constructivist and Situated Perspectives on Learning
• Looking Back at Learning
• 10 Motivation in Learning and Teaching
• What Is Motivation?
• Four General Approaches to Motivation
• Goal Orientation and Motivation
• Goals: Lessons for Teachers
• Interests and Emotions
• Self-Schemas
• Motivation to Learn in School
• On TARGETT for Learning
• Bringing it All Together: Strategies to Encourage Motivation and Thoughtful Learning
• 11 Creating Learning Environments
• The Need for Organization
• Creating a Positive Learning Environment
• Maintaining a Good Environment for Learning
• The Need for Communication
• Summing it up: Learning Environments for All Students
• 12 Teaching for Academic Learning
• The First Step: Planning
• Teacher-Directed Instruction
• Teacher Expectations
• Student-Centered Teaching: Examples in Reading, Mathematics, and Science
• Effective Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms
• 13 Teaching for Self-Regulation, Creativity, and Tolerance
• Self-Regulation and Agency
• Creativity
• Social and Emotional Learning
• Compassion and Tolerance
• Creating a Learning Community
• 14 Standardized Testing
• Evaluation, Measurement, and Assessment
• What Do Test Scores Mean?
• Types of Standardized Tests
• Issues in Standardized Testing
• New Directions in Standardized Testing
• 15 Classroom Assessment and Grading
• Formative and Summative Assessment
• Getting the Most from Traditional Assessment Approaches
• Innovations in Assessment
• Effects of Grades and Grading on Students
• Grading and Reporting: Nuts and Bolts
• Beyond Grading: Communication
• Appendix: Preparing for Licensure: PRAXIS II
• Glossary
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index