PrepCenter: The faculty support materials – case studies, online activities, video segments, powerpoints, instructor's manual sections – has been completely integrated into a single, on-demand resource called PrepCenter. This concept-based archive allows instructors access to every resource related to a single concept or theory, regardless of where this material may appear in the textbook. A professor preparing for a lecture on "attribution" can search on the term and collect every case study, instructor's manual page, powerpoint slide, and video segment related to the topic – all suitable for use as part of an in-class lecture, or for posting to a course website.
Expert Content and Research Consultants: As in prior editons, Santrock's Educational Psychology has been reviewed by experts to ensure that the content is completely accurate and reflects the most current research. The third edition consultants are:
Joyce Epstein, The Johns Hopkins University
Dale Schunk, University of North Carolina--Greensboro
James Kauffman, University of Virginia
Barbara McCombs, Denver Research Institute
Richard Mayer, University of California—Santa Barbara
Carolyn Evertson, Vanderbilt University
Carlos Diaz, Florida Atlantic University
Karen Swan, Kent State University
James McMillan, Virginia Commonwealth University
Gary Bitter, Arizona State University
Best Practices: These sections describe a specific area of professional practice – improving prosocial behavior or providing opportunities for self-efficacy, for example – and offer specific recommendations that students can use when they become teachers. The Best Practice sections also includes first-person accounts related teaching situations to offer real-world context for the recommended strategies.
Brain Research, Character Education, and more: The 3rd Edition of Educational Psychology presents the latest content and research, and includes more than 1,800 citations from the 21st century with more than 500 of these coming from 2005, 2006, and 2007 – including new research into the structure and development of the brain, studies on moral and character education, and much more.
Preparation for Standards-Based Tests: The third edition offers future teachers even more opportunites to practice answering test items of the kind found on state certification and other PRAXIS-type exams. A PRAXIS Practice section appears in the Review, Reflect, and Practice sections concluding each chapter and PRAXIS-type items have also been added to the case studies at the end of each chapter.
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