Educational Psychology: Developing Learners (6th Edition) |  | Author: Jeanne Ellis Ormrod
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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A leading text for introductory educational psychology courses, Jeanne Ormrod's Educational Psychology: Developing Learners is known for its exceptionally clear and engaging writing, its in-depth focus on learning, and its extensive concrete applications. Its unique approach helps students understand concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. The book concentrates on core ideas and gives students an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology. It helps students truly see and better understand the children and adolescents they will one day teach. More than any other educational psychology text, this text moves seamlessly between theory and applications, features the most extensive and integrated coverage of diversity, and includes innumerable concrete examples--video cases, written cases, student artifacts, and more--to help students connect educational psychology to real children and classrooms.Some new features of the sixth edition include: * an even more accessible text with simplified, and more focused presentation of the core principles; * margin notes that highlight the core concepts and their applications to teaching; * an integrated text and media package that accompanies every new copy of the text that prepares students for their own classroom, supplemented by the Understanding Research and Building Teaching Skills Lab Manual on CD; an access code to Merrill's Teacher Preparation Classroom Website (www. prenhall.com/teacherprep); and access to the new Ormrod Teacher Prep Course (www.prenhall.com/ormrod) which provides a Study Plan, a collection of Pretest and Posttest assessments supported by study material, homework and exercises for students to apply chapter content and build teaching skills. The book's six chapters on learning, wealth of practical applications, and innovative learning package make this the best text to prepare tomorrow's teachers.
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 Interesting, practical intro to ed'l psych'y for teachers February 24, 1999
Sharon Taylor (staylor@netside.net) (Boca Raton, Florida)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
In a highly readable manner, Jeanne Ormrod introduces educational psychology for K-12 teachers. She incorporates many of the learning principles and teaching practices her text espouses by using colorfully illustrated and highlighted multiple formats throughout, such as summaries, case studies, classroom applications and examples, emphasis of major points, and learning exercises. The three major sections address learner diversity, how students learn, and becoming an effective teacher. She outlines seven themes for effective learning which she addresses in every section: interaction, information processing, relevance, classroom climate, challenge, expectations, and diversity. The text cites educational research throughout (there is an index with 44 pages of references) yet the paragraphs have a readibility and easy flow to them. Ormrod's chapters consistently address her goals as an author: focusing on cores principles, relating them to our own behavior, processing them effectively and applying them in the classroom. The phrase "interesting textbook," usually an oxymoron, in this case is well-deserved praise.
Inside the learning mind.... November 18, 2005
Bonney M. Lane Kotze (Georgia)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I found this book to be very informitive in how the mind works and respect to how people learn. I have improved my personal study habits because after reading this book I realized that I was not using the most effective way of keeping things in my long term memory. This book gives a detailed explanation with real life examples of how to approach situations as a teacher or parent who wants to know the inner tickings of the developing learner. If you are more concerned with toddlers though this book only briefly touches on them. This book deals more with school age children. If I were to try and write a review that this book deserves, I would be writing all night. I know that the description of this book is written above and I believe it to be a really good description of the book. I will agree though that this book answers all of the aspects of teaching, learning and the classroom as well as the many theories and approaches to educational psychology.
Excellent textbook and additional learning materal February 4, 2009
Lars Egger (Switzerland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book truly is a must for all teachers, educators and parents. Jeanna Ormrod provides excellent, clear and valuable knowledge on how we learn, how learning can be enhanced, positively influenced and effectively encouraged. She elaborates on scientific evidence why and towards which direction we should reconsider teaching and educational efforts: towards meaningful and useful aquisition of new information, skills or behaviors which makes sence and a difference to learner's individual lifes.
book review January 27, 2010
Anjohnna Mckinney-canady
I bought the book new, the price was great and I received it in a short amount of time.
Ed Psych book February 3, 2009
L. Foreman (Leesburg, GA, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book reviews basic concepts of Psychology and adds information especially for educators. I have been using it for about a month now for a college class. It is well written and very informative.
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