BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction to Educational Psychology

2. Learning, Cognition, and Memory

3. Complex Cognitive Processes

4. Learning in Context

5. Motivation and Affect

6. Cognitive Development

7. Personal, Social, and Moral Development

8. Instructional Strategies

9. Strategies for Creating an Effective Classroom Environment

10. Assessment Strategies

DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction to Educational Psychology

Using Research Findings to Make Instructional Decisions
Developing as a Teacher
Strategies for Learning and Studying Effectively

2. Learning, Cognition, and Memory

Thinking and Learning in the Brain
Learning as Active Construction
How Human Memory Operates
Why Learners May or May Not Remember What They Have Learned
Promoting Effective Cognitive Processes

Supporting Optimal Brain Functioning
Remembering the Limitations of Attention and Working Memory
Encouraging Effective Long-Term Memory Storage Processes
Facilitating Retrieval
Monitoring Students’ Progress

3. Complex Cognitive Processes

Self-Regulation and Metacognition
- Effective Self-Regulated Learning
- The Roles of Metacognition
Transfer
Problem Solving and Creativity
Critical Thinking
Promoting Self-Regulation Skills and Metacognitive Development
Creating a Classroom Environment that Nurtures Complex Processes.

4. Learning in Context

Immediate Stimuli as Context
Social Interaction as Context
Culture, Society, Technology and Academic Domains as Contexts
- Culture as Context
- Society as Context
- Technology and Media as Contexts
- Academic Content Domains as Contexts
How Learners Modify Their Environments
Providing Supportive Contexts for Learning
- Encouraging Productive Behaviors
- Providing Physical, Social, and Technological Support for Effective Cognitive Processes
Taking Students' Broader Cultural and Socioeconomic Context into Account

5. Motivation and Affect

The Nature of Motivation
Basic Human Needs
Cognitive Factors in Motivation
Affect and its Effects on Motivation and Learning
Promoting Motivation and Productive Affect
- Strategies That Empower Students
- Strategies That Demonstrate the Usefulness of Activities
- Strategies That Foster Success
- Strategies That Stimulate Interest
- Strategies That Show and Promote Caring
- Strategies That Generate Productive Affect for Learning

6. Cognitive Development

General Principles of Development
Developmental Processes
Trends in Cognitive Development
Intelligence
Addressing Students' Developmental Needs
- Accommodating Developmental Differences and Diversity
- Fostering Cognitive Development in All Students

7. Personal, Social, and Moral Development

Personality and Sense of Self
Peer Relationships
- Social Cognition
Moral and Prosocial Development
Promoting Personal, Social, and Moral Development
- Fostering Personal Development
- Encouraging Effective Social Cognition and Interpersonal Skills
- Promoting Moral Reasoning and Prosocial Behavior
Supporting Students Who Face Exceptional Personal or Social Challenges

8. Instructional Strategies

Planning Instruction
Conducting Teacher-Directed Instruction
Conducting Learner-Directed Instruction
General Instructional Strategies

9. Strategies for Creating an Effective Classroom Environment

Creating an Environment Conducive to Learning
Expanding the Sense of Community Beyond the Classroom
Reducing Unproductive Behaviors
Addressing Aggression and Violence at School

10. Assessment Strategies

Using Assessments for Various Purposes
Enhancing Learning through Classroom Assessment Practices
Important Qualities of Good Assessment
Informally and Formally Assessing Students' Progress and Achievements
- Conducting Informal Assessments
- Designing and Giving Formal Assessments
- Evaluating Students’ Performance on Formal Assessments
Summarizing Students' Achievement with Grades and Portfolios
Assessing Students' Achievement and Abilities with Standardized Tests

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