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How students learn : reforming schools through learner-centered education /

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Declining levels of academic performance in science and mathematics, disciplinary and drug abuse problems, and increasing violence in America's schools have generated extensive national debate over the past 2 decades. /// In "How Students Learn: Reforming Schools Through Learner-Centered E...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Other Authors: Lambert, Nadine M., McCombs, Barbara L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1998]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Learning, Psychology of.
Cognition.
Teaching > United States.
Educational tests and measurements > United States.
Teachers > Training of > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Learning.
Educational change.
Educational tests and measurements.
Teachers > Training of.
Teaching.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : learner-centered schools and classrooms as a direction for school reform / Nadine M. Lambert and Barbara L. McCombs
  • The research base for APA's learner-centered psychological principles / Patricia A. Alexander and P. Karen Murphy
  • Contextual factors influencing the classroom application of learner-centered principles / Craig L. Frisby
  • Promoting positive expectations in schooling / Rhona S. Weinstein
  • Cognitive principles applied to the development of literacy / Linda R. Kroll
  • Cognition and subject matter learning / Merlin C. Wittrock
  • Designing a community of young learners : theoretical and practical lessons / Ann L. Brown and Joseph C. Campione
  • Why learner-centered assessment is better than high-stakes testing / Scott G. Paris
  • Using learner-centered assessment on a large scale / Joan Boykoff Baron
  • Cognitive, metacognitive, and conative considerations in classroom assessment / Robert J. Marzano
  • Higher education assessment and national goals for education / Marcia Mentkowski
  • Educational assessment and diversity / Trevor E. Sewell, Joseph P. DuCette, and Joan Poliner Shapiro
  • Dilemmas in assessing academic achievement / Andrew C. Porter
  • Cognitive theory for education : what teachers need to know / Richard E. Mayer
  • Integrating metacognition, affect, and motivation in improving teacher education / Barbara L. McCombs
  • Developmental psychology as a guide for teaching and teacher preparation / Paul Ammon and Allen Black
  • Teaching educational psychology : learner-centered constructivist perspectives / Hermine H. Marshall
  • What have we learned and where are we going in school reform? / Barbara L. McCombs and Nadine M. Lambert.