Additional Weblinks

Below are additional weblinks relevant to this chapter's topics:

National Education Research Centers
These university-based education research centers address specific topics such as student learning and achievement, cultural diversity, at-risk students, gifted and talented adolescents, and postsecondary improvement.

• http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ResCtr.html

APA Education Directorate
Provides teaching resources for K-12 education and information about educational reform and many educational psychology topics.

• http://www.apa.org/ed/homepage.html

APA's Learner-Centered Psychological Principles
Read the full text of APA's learner-centered psychological principles, which serve as an excellent foundation for educational reform.

• http://www.apa.org/ed/lcp2/

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
The website of this leading research organization includes information about many aspects of educational psychology and children's development. Visitors to the site can post comments about particular topics e.g., one posting had comments from 22 different individuals about "Technology and Homework."

• http://www.aera.net/

Reggio Emilia
Examines this increasingly popular developmentally appropriate approach to early childhood education. Includes on-line articles about Reggio Emilia written by leading early childhood educators and links to related sites.

• http://ericeece.org/reggio.html

Reducing the Drop Out Rate
An extensive analysis of strategies for reducing the drop out rate. Examines a number of specific programs designed to reduce school drop out rates.

• http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/9/c017.html

Exploring Multicultural Education
This monograph examines many aspects of multicultural education, including teaching and learning, goals, and approaches.

• www.emtech.net/multicultural_education.html

Learning Disabilities
Lots of good information on learning disabilities for parents and educators, including links to technical assistance programs and information about what teachers can do to help students with learning disabilities.

• http://www.pitt.edu/~m2k/lausd/resources

Motivation and Achievement
This article explores why student motivation is a problem in too many educational systems. Examines the conditions that foster the motivation to learn.

• http://www.mcrel.org/products/noteworthy/noteworthy/barbaram.asp

Effort, Expectations, and Motivation
Explore how hard work and high expectations are involved in adolescents' motivation. Includes ideas about ability, effort, and academic performance; classroom practices; effort as a component in Japan's academic success; and Sandra Graham and Bernard Weiner's view on the role of attribution in achievement.

• http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/

Self-Efficacy Resources
Explore what self-efficacy is, Bandura's ideas, how self-efficacy can be assessed, and links to many other websites with information about self-efficacy.

• http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/effpage.html