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Jian-Hong Ye, Editor; Liying Nong, Editor; Li Wang, Editor; Weiguaju Nong, Editor – IntechOpen, 2025
Learning is always a core activity in forming cognitive abilities and personality traits in people's growth process, and motivation is the key psychological mechanism that drives learning behaviour. Therefore, motivation in learning is an important area of research in educational psychology. It not only determines the initiation and continuation…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Learning, Student Motivation, Educational Psychology
Zia Tajeddin; Thomas S. C. Farrell – Springer, 2025
This handbook synthesizes accumulated research evidence about the main areas of language teacher education. It systematically applies research synthesis to the field, providing coherent, systematic insights into various aspects of language teacher education. Each chapter compares research conducted between 2010-2020 within a specialized area of…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Characteristics, Reflective Teaching
Hart, Lynn C., Ed.; Oesterle, Susan, Ed.; Auslander, Susan Swars, Ed.; Kajander, Ann, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016
This book is an edited volume addressing specific issues of significance for individuals involved with the undergraduate mathematics content preparation of prospective elementary teachers (PSTs). Teaching mathematics content courses to this group of students presents unique challenges. While some PSTs enter their teacher preparation with weak…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Competencies
Russ, Sandra W., Ed.; Niec, Larissa N., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2011
Going beyond traditional play therapy, this innovative book presents a range of evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches that incorporate play as a key element. It is grounded in the latest knowledge about the importance of play in child development. Leading experts describe effective strategies for addressing a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Evidence Based Practice, Child Development, Behavior Modification
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Freiermuth, Mark, Ed.; Zarrinabadi, Nourollah, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2020
This edited volume brings together large-scale research as well as case studies from a range of geographical contexts and represents a variety of educational settings involving second language learners and users. Its aim is to explore the interrelated issues of psychology and technology use in second language learning settings as well as in more…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies, Technology Uses in Education
Norvilitis, Jill M., Ed. – InTech, 2012
The treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a matter of ongoing research and debate, with considerable data supporting both psychopharmacological and behavioral approaches. Researchers continue to search for new interventions to be used in conjunction with or in place of the more traditional approaches. These interventions run the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents, Brain
Peacock, Gretchen Gimpel, Ed.; Ervin, Ruth A., Ed.; Daly, Edward J., III, Ed.; Merrell, Kenneth W., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2009
This authoritative guide addresses all aspects of school psychology practice in a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework. Thirty-four focused chapters present effective methods for problem-solving-based assessment, instruction, and intervention. Specific guidelines are provided for promoting success in core academic domains--reading, writing,…
Descriptors: Violence, Cognitive Ability, Evidence, Program Effectiveness
Wakai, Kunio, Ed. – 1993
This annual report presents six research articles on child development. The articles and their authors are: (1) "Beyond Psychological Limits: Applying Human Development in Education" (John Kirkland); (2) "Beyond Reductionism: Directions toward Understanding Children" (Frank Self); (3) "A Psychometric Examination of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Psychology
Peters, Michael A., Ed.; Bulut, Ergin, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Cognitive capitalism--sometimes referred to as "third capitalism," after mercantilism and industrial capitalism--is an increasingly significant theory, given its focus on the socio-economic changes caused by Internet and Web 2.0 technologies that have transformed the mode of production and the nature of labor. The theory of cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Academic Freedom, Global Approach
Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. – 1996
The nine readings in this monograph focus on ways to improve the social skills of students with emotional/behavioral disorders. The following readings are included: (1) "Analysis of Literature on Social Competence of Behaviorally Disordered Children and Youth" (Sarup R. Mathur and Robert B. Rutherford, Jr.); (2) "A Validation of Social Skills for…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Scruggs, Thomas E., Ed.; Mastropieri, Margo A., Ed. – 1996
This two-volume set presents 11 papers on the state of the art in learning and behavioral disabilities, the first volume, Part A, includes 6 papers providing theoretical perspectives and, the second volume, Part B, includes 5 papers on intervention research. The theoretical papers are: "Defining Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: Divergence…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Cognitive Measurement
Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr., Ed. – APA Books, 2008
The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans
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Sarup, Gian – Social Behavior and Personality, 1981
Contrasted three major theories on attitude change: cognitive dissonance, incentive, and social judgment. Results from student questionnaires provided little support for cognitive dissonance. Also provided credible, though overlapping, evidence for incentive and social judgment theories. Improvised role playing produced more change than did…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, College Students
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Mayer, Richard E., Ed. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
This special section on cognition and mathematics contains an introduction and 13 articles on advances in the psychology of mathematics learning. The articles focus on how students learn to solve mathematics problems, including arithmetic computation problems, arithmetic word problems, and computer programing problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
Harmon, Lenore W., Ed.; And Others – 1983
This compilation of three papers investigates theoretical and practical facets of career development, focusing on cognitive theory and decision-making theory and their roles in the formation of computerized career development systems. In the first paper ("Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Its Application to Career Development"), Gerald…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
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