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by Robert E. Slavin

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780133041293
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	07/06/2012
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

Robert Slavin is director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education, Johns Hopkins University, director of the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York (England), and chairman of the Success for All Foundation. He received his Ph.D. in Social Relations from Johns Hopkins in 1975, and since that time he has authored more than 200 articles and book chapters on such topics as cooperative learning, ability grouping, school and classroom organization, desegregation, mainstreaming, research review, and evidence-based reform. Dr. Slavin is the author or -coauthor of 20 books, including Cooperative Learning, School and Classroom Organization, Effective Programs for Students at Risk, Preventing Early School Failure, Show Me the Evidence: Proven and Promising Programs for America’s Schools, Two Million Children: Success for All, Effective Programs for Latino Students, and Educational Research in the Age of Accountability. In 1985 Dr. Slavin received the Raymond Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research from the American Educational Research Association. In 1988 he received the Palmer O. Johnson Award for the best article in an AERA journal. In 1994 he received the Charles A. Dana Award, in 1998 he received the James Bryant Conant Award from the Education Commission of the States, and in 2000 he received the Distinguished Services Award from the Council of Chief State School Officers. He again received the Palmer O. Johnson award for the best article in an AERA journal in 2008, and received the AERA Review of Research award in 2009.

Table of Contents

1. Educational Psychology: A Foundation for Teaching.
What Makes a Good Teacher?
What Is the Role of Research in Educational Psychology?
What Research Methods Are Used in Educational Psychology?

2. Theories of Development.
What Are Some Views of Human Development?
How Did Piaget View Cognitive Development?
How Is Piaget's Work Viewed Today?
How Did Vygotsky View Cognitive Development?
How Did Erikson View Personal and Social Development?
What Are Some Theories of Moral Development?

3. Development During Childhood and Adolescence.
How Do Children Develop During the Preschool Years?
What Kinds of Early Childhood Education Programs Exist?
How Do Children Develop During the Elementary Years?
How Do Children Develop During the Middle School and High School Years?

4. Student Diversity.
What Is the Impact of Culture on Teaching and Learning?
How Does Socioeconomic Status Affect Student Achievement?
How Do Ethnicity and Race Affect Students' School Experiences?
How Do Language Differences and Bilingual Programs Affect Student Achievement?
What Is Multicultural Education?
How Do Gender and Gender Bias Affect Students' School Experiences?
How Do Students Differ in Intelligence and Learning Styles?

5. Behavioral Theories of Learning.
What Is Learning?
What Behavioral Learning Theories Have Evolved?
What Are Some Principles of Behavioral Learning?
How Has Social Learning Theory Contributed to Our Understanding of Human Learning?

6. Information Processing and Cognitive Theories of Learning.
What Is an Information-Processing Model?
What Causes People to Remember or Forget?
How Can Memory Strategies Be Taught?
What Makes Information Meaningful?
How Do Metacognitive Skills Help Students Learn?
What Study Strategies Help Students Learn?
How Do Cognitive Teaching Strategies Help Students Learn?

7. The Effective Lesson .
What Is Direct Instruction?
How Is a Direct Instruction Lesson Taught?
What Does Research on Direct Instruction Methods Suggest?
How Do Students Learn and Transfer Concepts?
How Are Discussions Used in Instruction?

8. Student-Centered and Constructivist Approaches to Instruction.
What Is the Constructivist View of Learning?
How Is Cooperative Learning Used in Instruction?
How Are Problem-Solving and Thinking Skills Taught?

9. Accommodating Instruction to Meet Individual Needs.
What Are Elements of Effective Instruction Beyond a Good Lesson?
How Are Students Grouped to Accommodate Achievement Differences?
What Is Mastery Learning?
What Are Some Ways of Individualizing Instruction?
How is Technology Used in Education?
What Educational Programs Exist for Students Placed at Risk?

10. Motivating Students to Learn.
What Is Motivation?
What Are Some Theories of Motivation?
How Can Achievement Motivation Be Enhanced?
How Can Teachers Increase Students' Motivation to Learn?
How Can Teachers Reward Performance, Effort, and Improvement?

11. Effective Learning Environments.
What Is an Effective Learning Environment?
What Is the Impact of Time on Learning?
What Practices Contribute to Effective Classroom Management?
What Are Some Strategies for Managing Routine Misbehavior?
How Is Applied Behavior Analysis Used to Manage More Serious Behavior Problems?
How Can Serious Behavior Problems Be Prevented?

12. Learners with Exceptionalities.
Who Are Learners with Exceptionalities?
What Is Special Education?
What Is Inclusion?

13. Assessing Student Learning.
What Are Instructional Objectives and How Are They Used?
Why Is Evaluation Important?
How Is Student Learning Evaluated?
How Are Tests Constructed?
What Are Authentic, Portfolio, and Performance Assessments?
How Are Grades Determined?

14. Standardized Tests.
What Are Standardized Tests and How Are They Used?
What Types of Standardized Tests Are Given?
How Are Standardized Tests Interpreted?
What Are Some Issues Concerning Standardized and Classroom Testing?
What Testing Information Is Available on the Internet?
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.