Educational psychology : classroom connections / Paul Eggen, Don Kauchak.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 TEACHING INT THE REAL WORLD
Educational psychology: teaching in the real world
Research in teaching
Applying educational psychology in the classroom
Teacher decision making
Teaching: the human dimension
Etc.

PART ONE THE STUDENT
CHAPTER 2 STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
Development: a definition piaget's theory of intellectual development
Information processing: An alternative view of cognitive development
The development of morality, social responsibility, and self-control
Personal and social development

CHAPTER 3 STUDENT DEVELOPMENT: APPLICATIONS
Early childhood and primary grades
The elementary grades
Adolescence

CHAPTER 4 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Intelligence
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Culture
Gender differences
Learning styles
At-risk students

CHAPTER 5 TEACHING STUDENTS WITH EXCETIONALITIES
Students with exceptionalities: who are they:
Public law
Students with learning problems: The mildly handicapped
Specific leaning disabilities
Physical Impairments
Students who are gifted and talented
Etc.

PART TWO LEARNING
CHAPTER 6 BEHAVIORAL VIEWS OF LEARNING
Learning from a behaviorist perspective
Contiguity
Classical conditioning
Operant condoning
Observational learning
Etc.

CHAPTER 7 COGNITIVE VIEWS OF LEARNING
Cognitive learning theory
An Information- processing model
Cognitive processes
The impact of delivery on Information
Processing
Metacognition: knowledge about
Etc.

CHAPTER 8 COGNITIVE VIEWS OF LEARNING APPLICATIONS
Different instruction for different learning
Types of cognitive learning
Cognitive strategies
Teaching for transfer

PART THREE MOTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 9 INCREASING STUDENT MOTIVATION
General and specific motivation to learn
Theories of motivation
Personal factors in motivation
The classroom: a model for promoting student motivation
Cooperative learning: a tool for promoting motivation
Etc.

CHAPTER 10 MANAGING STUDENT BEHAVIOR
Classroom management and discipline
Planning: the key to preventing
Management problems
Making rules and procedures work
Preventing problems: putting plans into action
Etc.

PART FOUR INSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 11 PLANNING FOR INSTRUCTION
Teacher planning
Planning functions
The linear rational model: a behavioral
Approach to planning
Essential teaching skills
Etc.

PART FIVE ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 13 CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT
Classroom assessment
Teacher-made tests
Alternative assessment
Effective testing
Grading and reporting: the total
Assessment system.
Etc.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. (Various paging)