Teaching and learning : the essential readings

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Teaching and learning : the essential readings

edited by Charles Desforges and Richard Fox

(Essential readings in developmental psychology)

Blackwell Pub., c2002

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first collection of key articles on the psychology behind educational attainment. It brings together in one volume for students a set of accessible but influential papers, representing the best classic and cutting edge work in the field.

Table of Contents

Part I Learning. 1. Attaining Excellence Through Deliberate Practice: Insights from the Study of Expert Performance. (K. A. Ericsson). 2. Rhyme, Language and Children's Readering. (P. Bryant, M. Maclean and L. Bradley). 3. The Rebirth of Children's Learning. (R. Siegler). 4. Candy Selling and Math Learning. (G. B. Saxe). 5. Understanding Academic Performance at University. (N. J. Entwistle). Part II Teaching. 6. On Becoming a Tutor: Toward an Ontogenetic Model. (D. Wood, H. Wood, S. Ainsworth and C. O'Malley). 7. Teacher Expectation: Implications for School Improvement. (C. Rogers). 8. An Exploration of Long-Term Far-Transfer Effects Following an Extended Intervention Program in the High School Science Curriculum. (P. Adey and M. Shayer). 9. Reconstructing Context: the Conventionalization of Classroom Knowledge. (D. Edwards and N. Mercer). 10. The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture. (L. A. Shepard). Index.

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  • NCID
    BA56113118
  • ISBN
    • 0631217487
    • 0631217495
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 267 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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