The Promise of Educational Psychology: Learning in the Content Areas (Paperback)

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.

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