Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Martyn Long |
| ISBN: | 0415239060 9780415239066 0750709677 9780750709675 |
| OCLC Number: | 44133126 |
| Description: | xvi, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements of copyright material -- Why do we need psychology? -- What is educational psychology? -- The evidence from psychology -- Learning -- Basic principles of learning -- Theories of learning -- Cognitive processes and learning -- Memory -- Integrated views of learning -- Cognitive development and learning -- Optimising learning -- Connectionism -- The promise of information and communications technology -- Assessment -- Why assess? -- What can we assess? -- Functions of assessment -- Types of tests -- Test content and structure -- Intelligence testing -- Other forms of assessment -- National Curriculum Assessments -- Individual differences and achievement -- The importance of differences -- Intelligence -- Home background -- Gifted children -- Creativity -- Thinking skills -- Cognitive style -- Personality -- Involving students -- Motivation -- Attributional processes -- Task involvement and cognitive development -- Teacher expectations -- The educational context -- The importance of context -- School effectiveness -- The physical environment -- Organisation of pupils and teaching -- Teaching effects -- Society and culture -- Society -- Social psychology -- The functions of education -- Social disadvantage -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Language -- The importance of language -- What is language? -- The development of language -- Characteristics of language development -- Language and thought -- Educational implications of language development -- Speech and language problems -- Literacy. |
| Responsibility: | Martyn Long. |
| More information: |
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "The psychology of education".
Be the first.

