Developments in Educational Psychology

ISBN-13: 9780415469982 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 240 str.

Wheldall Kevin

Opis

This collection of essays reflects on how far educational psychology has come in the last 25 years. It reviews and critiques a number of topics, including notions of intelligence, communication intervention, effective teaching, family environments and peer learning.

Spis treści

Preface  1. When will we ever learn? Or the elephant in the classroom Kevin Wheldall  2. Educational Psychology - Theory, research and teaching Dennis M. McInerney  3. Intelligence and IQ Ted Nettelbeck and Carlene Wilson  4. Trends in peer learning Keith J. Topping  5. Family environments and children’s outcomes Kevin Marjoribanks  6. Individual differences and educational performance Richard Riding  7. Progress in communication intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities Jeff Sigafoos  8. Students’ approaches to learning and teachers’ approaches to teaching in higher education John T. E. Richardson  9. Reflections on the database of educational psychology and effective teaching research Gregory C. R. Yates  10. Evidence based practice for education? Reg Marsh  11. Recent research on troublesome classroom behaviour Robyn Beaman, Kevin Wheldall and Coral Kemp  12. Teachers’ use of approval and disapproval in the classroom Robyn Beaman and Kevin Wheldall  13. Classroom seating arrangements and classroom behaviour Kevin Wheldall and Larraine Bradd  14. Teacher judgment of reading performance Alison Madelaine and Kevin Wheldall

O autorze

Wheldall, Kevin