Educational Psychology: Active Learning Edition - Softcover

Woolfolk, Anita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135094100 ISBN 13: 9780135094105

Publisher: Pearson, 2010

Synopsis

Derived from Anita Woolfolk's market-leading Educational Psychology, Eleventh Edition, the most thorough, accessible, and authoritative text on the market, the Active Learning Edition breaks the material into manageable ";modules."; To provide customers with an alternative version to the longer chapters of the standard 11th Edition, that version's 15 chapters now appear as 40 brief modules, which are easy to cover in shorter academic terms and will make learning easier for students. In addition to presenting comprehensive, expert coverage of all topics teachers need to understand about how students learn and all the classroom applications for which the author is justly renowned, the modules are grouped into clusters that allow for deeper context and background for each topic. Further, each module is a self-contained learning unit, with learning objectives and both in-text and online review materials that provide immediate reinforcement o

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About the Author

Anita Woolfolk Hoy is a Professor of educational psychology at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, where she studies teachers’ thinking and the role of educational psychology in the preparation of teachers.  She is the editor of the journal Theory into Practice, and the author of over 70 book chapters and research articles.  Her professional offices include Vice-President for Division K (Teaching & Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association, and President of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. Professor Woolfolk Hoy has published research in the areas of teacher cognition, student perceptions of teachers, teachers’ beliefs, student motivation, and the application of educational psychology to teaching. Her work appears in the Journal of Educational Psychology, American Educational Research Journal, Review of Research in Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, the Elementary School Journal, Action in Teacher Education, Teachers College Record, Educational Researcher, and the Educational Psychologist. Her text, Educational Psychology (Allyn and Bacon), is in its 11th edition and is the most widely read introduction to educational psychology in the field. She is married to Wayne K. Hoy, the Novice Fawcett Chair in Educational Administration at The Ohio State University. Together have completed the 3rd edition of Instructional Leadership: A Research-Based Guide to Learning in Schools (Allyn & Bacon) and  conduct research on teacher and school efficacy. They have three children:  Wayne, President of Advanced Software Products; Kelly, a teacher  at The Phillips Brooks School in Menlo Park, CA; and Liz, a student in Columbus, OH. Their insights about education are frequently volunteered and greatly appreciated.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0135094100
• ISBN 13: 9780135094105
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 784