Child Development: Principles and Perspectives (with MyDevelopmentLab) [Hardcover]

Joan Littlefield Cook (Author), Greg Cook (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0205434746 | ISBN-13: 978-0205434749 | Publication Date: January 21, 2004

This topically organized book uses a student-friendly writing style, intuitive design, and an active learning system to help students critically explore the many perspectives on child development. Child Development: Principles and Perspectives encourages students to take an active role in their learning and to think about children's development from a variety of perspectives. Through interviews, cases, and vignettes, students gain a broad understanding of the viewpoints of people who work with, live with, and care for children, bringing this dynamic field to life! From the start of each chapter, students actively engage in reading, questioning, and connecting information to their everyday lives and the lives of others. The text's features uniquely work together as an integrated system to optimize student learning and memory. Child Development is accompanied by MyDevelopmentLab, an exciting new learning and teaching tool designed to increase student success in the classroom, and provide instructors with every resource needed to teach and administer their course. The text plus MyDevelopmentLab is a complete recipe for student success!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 688 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon (January 21, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205434746
• ISBN-13: 978-0205434749
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #698,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan Littlefield Cook is a Professor of Psychology and current chairperson of the Psychology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. As an undergraduate she majored in Psychology at Tennessee Technological University. She earned a Master's and Ph.D. in Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Over the last 25 years she has taught courses related to child and adolescent development, educational psychology, and cognitive psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Middle Tennessee State University. Her classes have ranged from large lecture courses with 250 students to small seminars. Students have always appreciated her knowledge of the field and her ability to present information in a way that is useful, motivating, and friendly. The Student Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison voted her as one of their most outstanding professors, and the UW-Whitewater Psychology Student Organization presented her with their Excellence in Teaching Award. Joan's research is on mathematical problem solving and cognitive development. She and her colleagues have published papers in the Cognition & Instruction, Journal of Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Memory & Cognition, the Gifted Child Quarterly, and the Journal of Experimental Psychology. She has co-authored two other books and numerous instructional materials.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Textbook, September 30, 2005

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This review is from: Child Development: Principles and Perspectives (Book Alone) (Paperback)

As textbooks go, this one is clear and precise. I find it very easy to read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, October 14, 2009

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This review is from: Child Development: Principles and Perspectives (Book Alone) (Paperback)

Easy to read and not fall asleeep. It was helpful I'm able to read the book the chapters because my professor test us on things that we didnt even go over in class. This book was the most helpful textbook i had to read for any class.