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Educational psychology

  • Education for the Human Brainby Timothy B. Jones; Geoffrey Caine

    R&L Education 2013; US$ 27.99

    Education for the Human Brain: A Road Map for Natural Learning in Schools is an all inclusive book on understanding and implementing a natural and brain-compatible instructional strategy from early childhood to adult learners. more...

  • Motivating Students to Learnby Jere E. Brophy

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 62.95

    Written specifically for teachers, this book offers a wealth of research-based principles for motivating students to learn. Its focus on motivational principles rather than motivation theorists or theories leads naturally into discussion of specific classroom strategies. Throughout the book these principles and strategies are tied to the realities... more...

  • Motivation for Achievementby M. Kay Alderman

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 52.95

    Understanding student and teacher motivation and developing strategies to foster motivation for students at all levels of performance are essential to effective teaching. This text is designed to help prospective and practicing teachers achieve these goals. Its premise is that current research and theory about motivation offer hope and possibilities... more...

  • Encouraging Children to Learnby Rudolf Dreikurs; Don Sr. Dinkmeyer

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 34.95

    Encouragement is the basis for development of human potential in children and adults. It is the source of motivation for effective actions, goals and interpersonal relationships. Encouragement permits individuals to overcome setbacks and adversities, to have respect for self and for others, to be optimistic and to meet life's challenges. In an era... more...

  • Development and Learningby Lynn S. Liben

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 73.95

    This volume juxtaposes two different domains of developmental theory: the Piagetian approach and the information-processing approach. Articles by experts in both fields discuss how concepts of development and learning, traditionally approached through cognitive-developmental theories such as Piaget's, are analyzed from the perspective of a task... more...

  • Developments in Educational Psychologyby Kevin Wheldall

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95

    Review comment on the first edition "Wheldall asks himself and his readers what has transpired within the field of educational psychology ? and what its relevance actually is for teaching, learning and education. As such it is a ?must read? for all educational psychologists, students of educational psychology, teachers and teacher trainers." ... more...

  • Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learningby Ference Marton; Amy B.M. Tsui; Pakey P.M. Chik; Po Yuk Ko; Mun Ling Lo

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95

    Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning is about learning in schools and the central role of language in learning. The investigations of learning it reports are based on two premises: First, whatever you are trying to learn, there are certain necessary conditions for succeeding--although you cannot be sure that learning will take place when... more...

  • Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievementby Barry J. Zimmerman; Dale H. Schunk

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95

    This volume brings together internationally known researchers representing different theoretical perspectives on students' self-regulation of learning. Diverse theories on how students become self-regulated learners are compared in terms of their conceptual origins, scientific form, research productivity, and pedagogical effectiveness. This is the... more...

  • Overcoming Barriers to Student Understandingby Jan Meyer; Ray Land

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95

    It has long been a matter of concern to teachers in higher education why certain students ?get stuck? at particular points in the curriculum whilst others grasp concepts with comparative ease. What accounts for this variation in student performance and, more importantly, how can teachers change their teaching and courses to help students overcome... more...

  • The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapyby Maxine Ficksman; Jane Utley Adelizzi

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 62.95

    The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy is the first book to provide a comprehensive review of the interdisciplinary profession and practice of educational therapy as it exists today. It describes the scope and practice of educational therapy from its European roots to its growing presence in the United States, and provides case studies to... more...