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Educational Psychology (with "Becoming a Professional" CD-ROM),

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I am director of secondary school student teachers at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. I teach courses in Educational Psychology, Teaching and Classroom Management, and Middle School Philosophy. While I use this text in my Educational Psychology class, it has been very helpful in providing information about student development in all of my courses. The book contains a CD-rom with practice tests and useful handouts. I highly recommend it.

This was the textbook for my Educational Psychology class, as I am a college student studying to become a teacher. The book was extremely helpful in understanding the mind of the child and its implications in education. Not only does it describe the psychological background, but it includes a section in every chapter of nothing but specific tips on how to apply those principles in the classroom; this section was extremely helpful for me when it came time to do hands-on work in the classroom. Other great sections include essays written by real teachers to solve potential classroom problems, and "point/counterpoint", which examines two contrasting perspectives on some important issue in educational psychology. This textbook covers the topics of human development, individual variations in learning, different theories of learning (behavioral, cognitive, etc.), motivation, effective teaching strategies and environments, and assessing student learning. A very comprehensive book--I constantly refer to it even now when I have issues in the classroom on which I'd like to brush up my knowledge.

Not a bad overview of educational psychology, with plenty of resources for existing teachers to use in their instruction. As such, the title of this book would more properly be "Educational Psychology for Teachers". For psychologists and educational psychologists, it is rather inadequate, missing many of the new ideas in educational psychology that have not yet reached the "mainstream" of teaching, where Woolfolk resides. Most distressingly, her adherence to traditional ideas in education is annoyingly pervasive and interferes with the reader's process of inquiry and the formation of their own conclusions. As an educator herself, Woolfolk should know better that this.

I needed this book for a class and they sent it to me in a timely manor.

I used this workbook as a supplement to prepare for the CLEP exam in Educational Psych. I would highly recommend this workbook as a compliment to your Ed. Psych texts or for the CLEP exams. The only drawback: there are a lot of grammar/spelling errors. It drove me nuts! Other than that, an excellent workbook.

I couldn't even get through this text. It has major editing errors on almost every page. Misspelled words, dropped letters, ect. I kept losing my train of thought because of the screw-ups and trying to figure out what it was supposed to say verses what was actually typed.

The book I received was in excellent condition just as the ad for it said it would be. I also received it very quickly even though it was standard mail.

I was very pleased with the product and the price. It came on time but it is listed as coming with the CD and it was broken. If I had been counting on the CD I would have been very dissapointed. You should not advertise the CD if it is unusable.

La información que presenta resulta de vital importancia para abundar en el terreno de la enseñanza de la psicología educativa.

Contrary to some of the other reviews on this page, I found the book to be a helpful and very readable itroduction to the field of educational psychology. No, it is not a definitive and cutting edge expert treatise, but that is not its purpose. It is introducing first year students to the major theories and ideas that have historically shaped educational psychology, and it does so very concisely and thoroughly. Just like an Introduction to Christian History text is not going to delve into the finer points of Crossan's theories about Jesus' death, or a first year Calculus text is not going to stress the use of set theory and formal proofs, so this book serves its purpose best by giving a broad, yet thorough introduction to a very interestig field without confusing students with unecessary details. If you are looking to dive into educational psychology and need a helpful introduction to help guide you, this is a great place to start. Recommended.