Description |
xxiv, 676 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
Contents |
I. Educational Psychology: Some Background -- 1. Educational Psychology's Purposes and Methods -- 2. The Tasks, Standards, and Objectives of Teaching -- II. Student Characteristics -- 3. Cognitive Abilities -- 4. The Development of Cognition, Language, and Personality -- 5. Human Diversity and the Schools: Culture, Gender, and Exceptionality -- III. Learning and Motivation: Theories and Applications -- 6. Behavioral and Social Views of Learning -- 7. Cognitive Learning: Processes and Strategies to Make Meaning -- 8. Motivation and Learning -- IV. Teaching Methods and Practices -- 9. Lecturing and Explaining -- 10. Teaching Small Groups: The Discussion Method and Cooperative Learning -- 11. Individual Instruction -- 12. Classroom Teaching: The Orchestration of Methods -- V. Assessment -- 13. Basic Conce -- 14. The Teacher's Assessment and Grading of Student Learning |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-660) and index |
Subject |
Educational psychology.
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Educational tests and measurements -- United States.
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Effective teaching -- United States.
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Teachers -- Training of -- United States.
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Author |
Berliner, David C.
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LC no. |
97072473 |
ISBN |
0395797942 |
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