Essentials of Educational Psychology: Big Ideas To Guide Effective Teaching

by Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, Brett Jones

Focused on the big ideas of education psychology, this text gives readers a practical understanding of the core concepts in educational psychology and of the research-based strategies needed to facilitate student learning and development. While generally shorter than competing educational psychology textbooks, Essentials of Educational Psychology still provides a comprehensive overview of theories, research, and educational implications related to learning and cognition, motivation, child and adolescent development, instructional methods, classroom management, and assessment. Each chapter is organized around three to six Big Ideas, and each Big Idea is then divided into several more specific bold-faced principles or recommendations. Widely acclaimed for its conversational writing style, the book provides readers with a clear and easily understood picture of the psychological principles that impact teaching and learning .
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Genres: Education, Textbooks, Teaching, Nonfiction

544 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2005

About the author

Jeanne Ellis is Professor Emerita in UNC's School of Psychological Sciences & author of 'How We Think and Learn'

Reviews

[Katie Trzepacz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I deadass read this full textbook for class so I’m counting it in my books read

[Reagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of dry but still helpful.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the most engaging text books I have ever read. I actually wanted to go back and read things more in depth after I finished the lesson.

[Katelyn Shaver · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was one of my first forays into the field of education and the psychological mechanics which provide the field's foundation within the classroom (Or, as my undergraduate history professor Roper would have termed it, the underlying "infrastructure").

I found the book to be well structured and educational- at least for a beginner such as myself. The author does a good job of providing examples and defining terms. A solid overview of the various perspectives within educational psychology and a terse account of their history were provided. The writing style was fluid, personable, readable and rarely dry.

I, unfortunately, did not get the MyEducationLab access when I bought this book. Thus, there were some sections of the book in which the coverage seemed lacking because of the lack of access to the computer component.

Overall it was a good textbook and one I would recommend to others who are just stepping into this field of study or who someday plan to teach.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does an excellent job of exploring the world of educational psychology. I was actually dreading this class this summer but overall but this book was actually interesting and got me through the class quite nicely. Normally I wouldnt read these books but since it was a summer class I had no choice. I actually enjoyed it at times and would recommend it to anyone going into the field of education.