Developments in educational psychology / edited by Kevin Wheldall.

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.

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Other Authors: Wheldall, Kevin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 Laraine Bradd
  • 14. Teacher judgment of reading performance / Alison Madelaine and Kevin Wheldall.