Educational Psychology: Effective Teaching, Effective Learning by Elliott, Kratochwill, Littlefield Cook & Travers
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In the third edition of Educational Psychology: Effective Teaching, Effective Learning, a new unique case study approach links text concepts and strategies to the actual practice of teaching. Each section of the text begins with a case that is carried throughout the section's four chapters. To help students problem-solve in the classroom, each chapter contains Case Notes and ends with ideas for improving the case situation (Case Reflections). A Teacher's Case Conference follows each section, offering informed discussion by real teachers.

The third edition greatly increases coverage of constructivism in chapters 2, 7, and 8. The number of chapters has been reduced from 15 to 13 and an appendix on research methods has been added. The strong applied focus of the text now uses five new themes for effective teaching throughout the book: communication, motivation, assessment, learning, and time. A new feature, TIPS (Teaching Interaction Principles and Strategies), presents over 100 brief summaries of key teaching principles throughout the text.

Features

• A new unique case study approach links text concepts and strategies to the actual practice of teaching. Three featured cases, one running throughout each section, involve third grade, fourth grade, and seventh grade classes, and present different types of students and teachers. Ideas for solving or improving the case situation and given at the end of each chapter. At the end of parts, several real elementary school teachers discuss the case.
  
  
• Over 100 TIPS (Teaching Interaction Principles and Strategies), brief summaries of key teaching principles, focus on the five new themes of communication, learning, motivation, time, and assessment.
  
  
• Greatly increased coverage of constructivism in chapters 2, 7, and 8.
  
  
• Reduced number of chapters from 15 to 13.
  
  
• New appendix on research methods.
  
  
• Accessible student-friendly writing style.
  
  
• Integrated coverage of technology throughout the text.
  
  

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