Educational Psychology
Developing Learners
Description:... "Many features that have made previous editions of the book so popular with instructors and students remain in this edition, including a conversational writing style, Experiencing Firsthand features, organizational tables and diagrams, a focus within each chapter on both developmental issues and diversity, and an ongoing emphasis on classroom applications. Yet there are also significant changes. First, we went through the entire book and really tried to make sure that all of our explanations are clear and conversational in nature; thus we eliminated some highly specific details (e.g., research findings) that were not relevant for practicing teachers. As always, all 15 chapters have been updated to reflect recent advances in research, theory, and classroom practices. In this edition, we also made a concerted effort to discuss technology throughout the book; we focus both on how teachers can use new technologies to enhance instruction, and on how technology has changed the lives of the students in our classrooms. We have continued to enhance the eText and MyLab Education to provide even more interactivity than in the previous edition. Thus in each chapter, readers can regularly apply what they're learning to actual and hypothetical classroom scenarios and problems. Interactive features include Self-Check Quizzes, Application Exercises, and case study analyses in the Licensure Exam activities; all of these features ask readers to respond to either open-ended or multiple-choice questions, and then give readers immediate feedback about their responses. Such features, along with many hotlinked Video Examples and Video Explanations-the latter of which target concepts and principles that students in educational psychology classes sometimes struggle to understand and apply-make the Eleventh edition of the book a truly multimedia learning experience. In this edition of Educational Psychology: Developing Learners, Jeanne Ormrod revised chapters 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9; Eric and Lynley Anderman revised chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15"--
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