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CENGAGE Psychology Applied To Teaching International Edition 12Th Edition 2009 Edition by JACK SNOWMAN RICK MCCOWN ROBERT BIEHLER
This market-leading text has received wide acclaim for providing an applied, practical, and student-oriented approach to educational psychology. PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO TEACHING, International Edition takes complex psychological theories and demonstrates how they apply to the everyday experiences of in-service teachers. The Twelfth Edition combines fresh concepts and contemporary research with long-standing theory and applications to create a textbook that addresses the needs of today's teachers and students. This new edition also reflects the Cengage Learning mission to help bridge the gap from preservice to practice. To that end, several of the program's features foster students appreciation of reflection. The first and last chapters discuss the concept and importance of reflective teaching, And the Pause & Reflect and Journal Entry opportunities throughout the text prompts active reflection. 1. Applying Psychology to Teaching. Part I: Developmental Characteristics and Theories. 2. Age-Level Characteristics. 3. Theories of Psychosocial and Cognitive Development. Part II: Student Differences and Diversity. 4. Culture and Cognition. 5. Understanding Student Differences. 6. Accommodating Student Diversity. Part III: Learning and Thinking. 7. Behavioral Learning Theory: Operant Conditioning. 8. Information Processing Theory. 9. Constructivist Learning Theory, Problem Solving, and Transfer. 10. Social Cognitive Theory. Part IV: Creating a Positive Environment for Learning and Teaching. 11. Leading Classroom Learning. 12. Motivation and Perceptions of Self. 13. Approaches to Instruction. Part V: Assessing Students' Capabilities. 14. Understanding Standardized Assessment. 15. Assessment of Classroom Learning. 16. Becoming a Better Teacher by Becoming a Reflective Teacher.