Psychology applied to teaching / Jack Snowman, Robert Biehler.

Contents

Part I Student characteristics
1. Applying psychology to teaching
2. Theories of psychological and cognitive development
3. Age-level characteristics
4. Understanding students differences
5. Dressing cultural and social diversity
etc

Part II Learning and instruction
6. Behavioral and social learning theory
7. Information processing theory
8. Constructivist learning theory, problem solving and transfer
9. Approaches to instruction

Part III Creating a positive learning environment
10. Motivation
11. Classroom management

Part IV Assessment of students
12. Assessment of classroom learning
13. Understanding and using standardized tests
14. Becoming a better teacher by becoming a reflective

Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-566) and indexes.