Educational Psychology: Classroom Update: Preparing for PRAXIS (TM) and Practice, 2/e
John W Santrock,
University of Texas at Dallas
ISBN: 0072981423 Copyright year: 2006
Feature Summary
Reviewed by Experts: Acknowledging that no single person can be an authority on every area of development, cognition, learning, motivation, classroom management, and assessment, Educational Psychology enlists a panel of nationally and internationally recognized experts to thoroughly critique each chapter, ensuring that the material presented is 100% accurate and reflects the most current research.
Case Studies: The Classroom Update has more case studies – 48 – than any other educational psychology text. One Crack the Case study appears in each chapter, and 2 more for each chapter appear on the Student Toolbox CD packaged free with every copy of the text. The cases ask students to apply chapter theory to a real-world teaching challenge.
Learning Goals System: John Santrock's approach actually applies theories of knowledge acquisition to the chapter organization, so while students study research in educational psychology, they are also benefiting from it. The Learning Goals System (chapter opening Learning Goals, Review and Reflect within the chapter, and Reach Your Learning Goals at the end) AND the extensive study & quizzing features on the Student Toolbox CD help students to master each chapter’s content.
Constructivist Emphasis: The text has an evident and solid constructivist emphasis, but also stresses a developmental perspective, covering not only elementary education, but also early childhood and secondary education, drawing upon Santrock’s extensive writing in developmental psychology.
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2006 McGraw-Hill Higher Education