Written by the author of highly effective psychology texts relied upon by thousands of teachers and students, Educational Psychology is a well-crafted text that emphasizes the application of theory to classroom practice. With richly evocative classroom vignettes provided by practicing teachers, as well as the most case studies - three per chapter - of any Introductory text, Santrock's Educational Psychology helps students think critically about the research basis for best practices. Additionally, Santrock's hallmark Learning System organizes the content into manageable chunks to support retention and mastery, and make it much more likely that students will have an engaging and successful course experience.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Educational Psychology: A Tool for Effective Teaching
Chapter 2: Cognitive and Language Development
Chapter 3: Social Contexts and Socioemotional Development
Chapter 4: Individual Variations
Chapter 5: Sociocultural Diversity
Chapter 6: Learners Who Are Exceptional
Chapter 7: Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches
Chapter 8: The Information-Processing Approach
Chapter 9: Complex Cognitive Processes
Chapter 10: Social Constructivist Approaches
Chapter 11: Learning and Cognition in the Content Areas
Chapter 12: Planning, Instruction, and Technology
Chapter 13: Motivation, Teaching, and Learning
Chapter 14: Managing the Classroom
Chapter 15: Standardized Tests and Teaching
Chapter 16: Classroom Assessment

About the Author

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology every year at the undergraduate level. In 2006, John recieved the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in teaching award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus on the contextual aspects of affectively-toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been a member of the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 11th Ed; Life-Span Development, 11th Edition; Adolescence, 12th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 3rd Edition.