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    APA Educational Psychology Handbook
    Volume 1: Theories, Constructs, and Critical Issues Volume 2: Individual Differences and Cultural and Contextual Factors Volume 3: Application to Learning and Teaching

    Karen R. Harris (Edited by), Steve Graham (Edited by), Timothy Urdan (Edited by)

    9781433809965

    Multiple-component retail product, published 15 November 2011

    1887 pages
    27.9 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg

    The APA Educational Psychology Handbook reflects the broad nature of the field today, with state-of-the-science reviews of the diverse critical theories driving research and practice in-depth investigation of the range of individual differences and cultural/contextual factors that affect student achievement, motivation, and beliefs and close examination of the research driving current assessment, decision making, teaching skills and content, teacher preparation, and the promotion of learning across the life span and with special populations.
     

    • Volume addresses the definition of educational psychology, some of the most critical theories driving research and practice today, broad areas of research that educational psychology has addressed based on multiple theories and that make an important contribution to the field, and emerging and cutting-edge issues.
    • Volume 2 includes 2 chapters that examine a range of individual differences, cultural factors, and contextual factors affecting student achievement, motivation, and beliefs.
    • Volume 3 focuses on specific applications of research in educational psychology for assessment and decision making, teaching skills and content, promoting learning, and teacher preparation as well as across the life span and with special populations.

    Volume : Theories, Constructs, and Critical Issues

    Editorial Board

    About the Editors-in-Chief

    Contributors

    Series Preface

    Introduction

    I. Conceptualization, Research Design, and Foundational Theories
    1. Projecting Educational Psychology's Future From Its Past and Present: A Trend Analysis
      Patricia A. Alexander, P. Karen Murphy, and Jeffrey A. Greene
    2. Current and Emerging Design and Data Analysis Approaches
      Jonna M. Kulikowich and Nell Sedransk
    3. Constructivism
      Angela M. O'Donnell
    4. Information Processing
      Richard E. Mayer
    5. Social Cognitive Theory
      Dale H. Schunk
    6. Sociocultural Approaches to Educational Psychology: Theory, Research, and Application
      Artin G amp ouml nc amp uuml and Mary Gauvain
    II. Theory and Research on Critical Topics: What We Know and Why It Matters
    1. Metacognition in Education
      Carey Dimmitt and Christine B. McCormick
    2. Knowledge and Knowing: The Journey From Philosophy and Psychology to Human Learning
      P. Karen Murphy, Patricia A. Alexander, and Krista R. Muis
    3. Personal Epistemology: Theory, Research, and Future Directions
      Barbara K. Hofer and Lisa D. Bendixen
    4. Enhancing Students' Performance in Traditional Education: Implications From the Expert Performance Approach and Deliberate Practice
      Kiruthiga Nandagopal and K. Anders Ericsson
    5. Human Cognitive Architecture: Why Some Instructional Procedures Work and Others Do Not
      John Sweller
    6. Working Memory, Learning, and Academic Achievement
      H. Lee Swanson and Tracy Packiam Alloway
    7. Motivation: Past, Present, and Future
      Sandra Graham and Bernard Weiner
    8. Self-Regulation of Learning: Process Approaches to Personal Development
      Barry J. Zimmerman and Andju Sara Labuhn
    9. Self-Concept: A Synergy of Theory, Method, and Application
      Herbert W. Marsh, Man Xu, and Andrew J. Martin
    III. Emerging Issues and Cutting-Edge Topics
    1. Resistance and Resiliency in a Color-Conscious Society: Implications for Learning and Teaching
      Margaret Beale Spencer, Davido Dupree, Brian Tinsley, Ebony O. McGee, Jennifer Hall, Suzanne G. Fegley, and Tyhesha Goss Elmore
    2. Evidence-Based Practices in Education
      Bryan G. Cook, Garnett J. Smith, and Melody Tankersley
    3. Genetics and Education: Toward a Genetically Sensitive Classroom
      Claire M. A. Haworth and Robert Plomin
    4. How Neuroscience Contributes to Our Understanding of Learning and Development in Typically Developing and Special-Needs Students
      James P. Byrnes
    5. Evolutionary Educational Psychology
      David C. Geary
    Volume 2: Individual Differences and Cultural and Contextual Factors

    Editorial Board

    I. Individual Differences
    1. Academic Emotions
      Reinhard Pekrun and Elizabeth J. Stephens
    2. From General Intelligence to Multiple Intelligences: Meanings, Models, and Measures
      Richard D. Roberts and Anastasiya A. Lipnevich
    3. Learning Styles and Approaches to Learning
      Adrian Furnham
    4. Gifted and Talented Education: History, Issues, and Recommendations
      Donna Y. Ford
    5. Personality
      Moshe Zeidner and Gerald Matthews
    6. Gender, Motivation, and Educational Attainment
      Judith L. Meece and Karyl J. S. Askew
    II. Instructional Influences on Motivation, Engagement, Conceptual Change, and Moral Development
    1. Motivation Theory in Educational Practice: Knowledge Claims, Challenges, and Future Directions
      Avi Kaplan, Idit Katz, and Hanoch Flum
    2. Engagement and Positive Youth Development: Creating Optimal Learning Environments
      David J. Shernoff
    3. Conceptual Change Induced by Instruction: A Complex Interplay of Multiple Factors
      Stella Vosniadou and Lucia Mason
    4. Moral and Character Education
      Marvin W. Berkowitz
    III. Cultural and Neighborhood Effects
    1. Ethnic and Racial Identity in Childhood and Adolescence
      Cynthia Hudley and Miles Irving
    2. Factors Affecting the Motivation and Achievement of Immigrant Students
      Tim Urdan
    3. Explaining the Black amp ndash White Achievement Gap: An Intergenerational Stratification and Developmental Perspective
      W. Jean Yeung
    4. Neighborhoods, Schools, and Achievement
      Jondou J. Chen and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
    IV. Relationships
    1. Child and Adolescent Peer Relations in Educational Context
      Philip C. Rodkin and Allison M. Ryan
    2. Understanding and Preventing Bullying and Sexual Harassment in School
      Dorothy L. Espelage and Melissa K. Holt
    3. Parents' Involvement in Children's Learning
      Eva M. Pomerantz, Elizabeth Moorman Kim, and Cecilia Sin-Sze Cheung
    V. Teachers and Classroom Contexts
    1. Effective Classrooms
      Helen Patrick, Panayota Mantzicopoulos, and David Sears
    2. Spring Cleaning for the amp quot Messy amp quot Construct of Teachers' Beliefs: What Are They? Which Have Been Examined? What Can They Tell Us?
      Helenrose Fives and Michelle M. Buehl
    3. Effective Teachers and Teaching: Characteristics and Practices Related to Positive Student Outcomes
      Alysia D. Roehrig, Jeannine E. Turner, Meagan C. Arrastia, Eric Christesen, Sarah McElhaney, and Laura M. Jakiel
    4. Three Generations of Research on Class-Size Effects
      Peter Blatchford
    Volume 3: Application to Learning and Teaching

    Editorial Board

    I. Application Across the Life Span
    1. Early Childhood Education
      Penny Hauser-Cram and Darcy B. Mitchell
    2. Global Perspectives on Education During Middle Childhood
      Scott G. Paris, Alexander Seeshing Yeung, Hwei Ming Wong, and Serena Wenshu Luo
    3. Adolescence
      Eric M. Anderman
    4. Learning and Assessment of Adult Reading Literacy
      John P. Sabatini
    II. Assessment and Decision Making in Education
    1. Using Assessment Data to Make Decisions About Teaching and Learning
      John L. Hosp
    2. Large-Scale Assessment for Educational Accountability
      Stephen N. Elliott, Alexander Kurz, and Laura Neergaard
    3. Testing Accommodations for Students With Disabilities
      James M. Royer and Jennifer Randall
    III. Teaching Core Skills and Content
    1. Current and Historical Perspectives on Reading Research and Instruction
      Michael L. Kamil
    2. Writing
      Gert Rijlaarsdam, Huub Van den Bergh, Michel Couzijn, Tanja Janssen, Martine Braaksma, Marion Tillema, Elke Van Steendam, and Mariet Raedts
    3. Critical Transitions: Arithmetic to Algebra
      Martha Carr
    4. Thinking and Reasoning in Science: Promoting Epistemic Conceptual Change
      Gale M. Sinatra and Clark A. Chinn
    5. Learning Social Studies: An Evidence-Based Approach
      David Hicks, Stephanie van Hover, Peter E. Doolittle, and Phillip VanFossen
    IV. Instructional Methods
    1. The Power of Setting: The Role of Field Experience in Learning to Teach
      Pam Grossman, Matthew Ronfeldt, and Julia J. Cohen
    2. Designing Instruction for the Contemporary Learning Landscape
      Fred Paas, Jeroen J. G. van Merri amp euml nboer, and Tamara A. J. M. van Gog
    3. Classroom Applications of Cooperative Learning
      Robert E. Slavin
    4. Strategies Instruction
      Charles A. MacArthur
    5. Problem-Based Learning
      Sofie M. M. Loyens, Paul A. Kirschner, and Fred Paas
    6. Application of Technology to Learning
      Roxanna Moreno
    7. Intelligent Tutoring Systems
      Arthur C. Graesser, Mark W. Conley, and Andrew Olney
    8. Homework
      Harris Cooper, Saiying Steenbergen-Hu, and Amy L. Dent
    V. Teaching Special Populations
    1. The Education of English Language Learners
      Fred Genesee and Kathryn Lindholm-Leary
    2. Methods for Preventing Early Academic Difficulties
      Adriana G. Bus, Paul P. M. Leseman, and Susan B. Neuman
    3. A Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tier Model to Meet Students' Academic, Behavioral, and Social Needs
      Kathleen Lynne Lane, Holly Mariah Menzies, Jemma Robertson Kalberg, and Wendy P. Oakes

    Index
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