Educational Psychology ISE

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Charleston, the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology at the undergraduate level. In 2006, Dr. Santrock received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in Teaching Award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology on the contextual aspects of affectively toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Edition; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.

CHAPTER 1 Educational Psychology: A Tool for Effective Teaching
CHAPTER 2 Cognitive and Language Development 
CHAPTER 3 Social Contexts and Socioemotional Development 
CHAPTER 4 Individual Variations 
CHAPTER 5 Sociocultural Diversity 
CHAPTER 6 Learners Who Are Exceptional 
CHAPTER 7 Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches 
CHAPTER 8 The Information-Processing Approach 
CHAPTER 9 Complex Cognitive Processes 
CHAPTER 10 Social Constructivist Approaches 
CHAPTER 11 Learning and Cognition in the Content Areas
CHAPTER 12 Planning, Instruction, and Technology 
CHAPTER 13 Motivation, Teaching, and Learning 
CHAPTER 14 Managing the Classroom 
CHAPTER 15 Standardized Tests and Teaching 
CHAPTER 16 Classroom Assessment and Grading