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Educational Psychology
Introduction to Educational
Psychology
NEW
International Edition
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
3rd Edition
John W. Santrock, University of Texas
at Dallas
2008 / Softcover / 736 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-352582-2 / MHID: 0-07-352582-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-110187-5 / MHID: 0-07-110187-X [IE]
Available: November 2006
Website: http://www.mhhe.com/santedu3e
Written by the author of highly effective psychology
texts relied upon by thousands of teachers and students,
Educational Psychology is a well-crafted text that emphasizes
the application of theory to classroom practice. With richly
evocative classroom vignettes provided by practicing
teachers, as well as the most case studies--three per chapter-
-of any Introductory text, Santrock’s Educational Psychology
helps students think critically about the research basis for
best practices. Additionally, Santrock’s hallmark Learning
System organizes the content into manageable chunks to
support retention and mastery, and make it much more likely
that students will have an engaging and successful course
experience.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
• PrepCenter: The faculty support materials – case studies,
online activities, video segments, powerpoints, instructor’s
manual sections – has been completely integrated into a single,
on-demand resource called PrepCenter. This concept-based
archive allows instructors access to every resource related to a
single concept or theory, regardless of where this material may
appear in the textbook. A professor preparing for a lecture on
“attribution” can search on the term and collect every case study,
instructor’s manual page, powerpoint slide, and video segment
related to the topic – all suitable for use as part of an in-class
lecture, or for posting to a course website.
• Expert Content and Research Consultants: As in prior editons,
Santrock’s Educational Psychology has been reviewed by experts
to ensure that the content is completely accurate and reflects the
most current research. The third edition consultants are:
Joyce Epstein, The Johns Hopkins University
Dale Schunk, University of North Carolina--Greensboro
James Kauffman, University of Virginia
Barbara McCombs, Denver Research Institute
Richard Mayer, University of California—Santa Barbara
Carolyn Evertson, Vanderbilt University
Carlos Diaz, Florida Atlantic University
Karen Swan, Kent State University
James McMillan, Virginia Commonwealth University
Gary Bitter, Arizona State University
• Best Practices: These sections describe a specific area of
professional practice – improving prosocial behavior or providing
opportunities for self-efficacy, for example – and offer specific
recommendations that students can use when they become
teachers. The Best Practice sections also includes first-person
accounts related teaching situations to offer real-world context
for the recommended strategies.
• Brain Research, Character Education, and more: The 3rd
Edition of Educational Psychology presents the latest content
and research, and includes more than 1,800 citations from the
21st century with more than 500 of these coming from 2005,
2006, and 2007 – including new research into the structure
and development of the brain, studies on moral and character
education, and much more.
• Preparation for Standards-Based Tests: The third edition offers
future teachers even more opportunites to practice answering test
items of the kind found on state certification and other PRAXIStype
exams. A PRAXIS Practice section appears in the Review,
Reflect, and Practice sections concluding each chapter and
PRAXIS-type items have also been added to the case studies at
the end of each chapter.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Educational Psychology: A Tool for Effective Teaching
Chapter 2: Cognitive and Language Development
Chapter 3: Social Contexts and Socioemotional Development
Chapter 4: Individual Variations
Chapter 5: Sociocultural Diversity
Chapter 6: Learners Who Are Exceptional
Chapter 7: Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches
Chapter 8: The Information-Processing Approach
Chapter 9: Complex Cognitive Processes
Chapter 10: Social Constructivist Approaches
Chapter 11: Learning and Cognition in the Content Areas
Chapter 12: Planning, Instruction, and Technology
Chapter 13: Motivation, Teaching, and Learning
Chapter 14: Managing the Classroom
Chapter 15: Standardized Tests and Teaching
Chapter 16: Classroom Assessment
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