Educational Psychology

The Thirteenth Edition of Educational Psychology continues to emphasize the educational implications and applications of research on child development, cognitive science, learning, motivation, teaching, and assessment. Theory and practice are considered together, showing how information and ideas drawn from research in educational psychology can be applied to solve the everyday problems of teaching. The text reflects the field as it offers unique and crucial knowledge to any who dare to teach, and to all who love to learn.

Anita Woolfolk Hoy was born in Fort Worth, Texas, where her mother taught child development at TCU and her father was an early worker in the computer industry. She is a Texas Longhorn—all her degrees are from the University of Texas, Austin, the last one a Ph.D. After graduating, she was a psychologist working with children in elementary and secondary schools in 15 counties of central Texas. She began her career in higher education as a professor of educational psychology at Rutgers University, and then moved to The Ohio State University in 1994. Today she is Professor Emerita at Ohio State. Anita’s research focuses on motivation and cognition, specifically students’ and teachers’ sense of efficacy and teachers’ beliefs about education. For many years she was the editor of Theory Into Practice, a journal that brings the best ideas from research to practicing educators. With students and colleagues, she has published over 80 books, book chapters, and research articles. Anita has served as Vice-President for Division K (Teaching & Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association and President of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. Just before completing this 13^th edition of Educational Psychology, she collaborated with Nancy Perry, University of British Columbia, to write the second edition of Child Development (Pearson, 2015), a book for all those who work with and love children. Her next project is the 5^th edition of Instructional Leadership: A Research-Based Guide to Learning in School (Pearson), written with her husband, Wayne K. Hoy, the Novice Fawcett Chair of Educational Administration at The Ohio State University.

Brief Table of Contents

1. Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology 

Part I

Students

2. Cognitive Development 
3. The Self, Social, and Moral Development 
4. Learner Differences and Learning Needs 
5. Language Development, Language Diversity, and Immigrant Education 
6. Culture and Diversity 

Learning and Motivation
7. Behavioral Views of Learning 
8. Cognitive Views of Learning 
9. Complex Cognitive Processes 
10. The Learning Sciences and Constructivism 
11. Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation 
12. Motivation in Learning and Teaching 

Teaching and Assessing
13. Creating Learning Environments 
14. Teaching Every Student 
15. Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing