Psychology Applied to Teaching » (12nd Edition)

Jack Snowman is a Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Professor Snowman earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at Indiana University in 1975. He has taught and conducted research on several aspects of cognition, with a focus on aspects of self-regulated learning. The topics of his journal articles, book chapters, and papers include the hierarchical validity of Bloom's Taxonomy, prose learning, mnemonic training, learning strategy training, learning styles, and the teaching of educational psychology to undergraduates. He has served as a reviewer for several journals, including Educational Psychology Review, Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Contemporary Educational Psychologist, Review of Educational Research, and American Educational Research Journal.

Rick McCown is a Professor in the School of Education at Duquesne University, where he served as Department Chair and as Interim Dean. His current appointments in Duquesne's School of Education include Senior Researcher in the Center for Advancing the Study of Teaching and Learning and the UCEA Center for Educational Leadership and Social Justice. He is also Principal Investigator at Duquesne for the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate. Dr. McCown earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at Indiana University. He has been elected to Phi Kappa Phi and the Pennsylvania Society of Teaching Scholars. He has received numerous teaching awards including his university's highest teaching award, the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

This bitle has received wide acclaim for its practical and reader-friendly approach to educational psychology, which demonstrates how complex psychological theories apply to the everyday experiences of in-service teachers. Coverage of educational psychology is framed so that aspiring or developing teachers can see themselves as professionals who continuously seek, find, and test better ways to help their students succeed. PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO TEACHING, 13th Edition, combines fresh concepts and contemporary research with long-standing theory and applications to create a book that addresses the needs of today's teachers and students.

1. Applying Psychology to Teaching. Part I: DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THEORIES. 2. Theories of Psychosocial and Cognitive Development. 3. Age-Level Characteristics. Part II: STUDENT DIFFERENCES AND DIVERSITY. 4. Understanding Student Differences. 5. Addressing Cultural and Socioeconomic Diversity. 6. Accommodating Student Variability. Part III: LEARNING AND THINKING. 7. Behavioral Learning Theory: Operant Conditioning. 8. Information Processing Theory. 9. Social Cognitive Theory. 10. Constructivist Learning Theory, Problem Solving, and Transfer. Part IV: CREATING A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING. 11. Motivation and Perceptions of Self. 12. Classroom Management. 13. Approaches to Instruction. Part V: ASSESSING STUDENTS? CAPABILITIES. 14. Assessment of Classroom Learning. 15. Understanding Standardized Assessment. 16. Becoming a Better Teacher by Becoming a Reflective Teacher.