Intended as a brief introduction to educational psychology, the text covers the latest advances in the field. This easy-to-read book focuses on learning and teaching in subject areas and on helping students develop specific cognitive processes that are required to accomplish real academic tasks. The text deals with the educational psychology of five major subject areas: reading fluency, reading comprehension, writing, mathematics, and science. The author's goal is for students to be able to see how psychological theories and research influence the development of better instructional practices and how real instructional problems influence the development of better psychological theories and research.
- ISBN10 0139130136
- ISBN13 9780139130137
- Publish Date 1 July 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 April 2006
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Format Paperback
- Pages 280
- Language English