Educational Psychology Handbook
About the Book Series
Edited by Patricia A. Alexander, the Routledge Educational Psychology Handbook Series spans the entire field of educational psychology, providing in-depth, up-to-date coverage of the latest theories, research, methodologies, applications, issues, and policies in each area of study. Each handbook profiles the boundaries and maps the various sectors within its field of study.
Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction
2nd Edition
Edited
By Richard E. Mayer, Patricia A. Alexander
October 10, 2016
During the past 30 years, researchers have made exciting progress in the science of learning (i.e., how people learn) and the science of instruction (i.e., how to help people learn). This second edition of the Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction is intended to provide an overview of ...
Handbook of Quantitative Methods for Detecting Cheating on Tests
1st Edition
Edited
By Gregory J. Cizek, James A. Wollack
September 30, 2016
The rising reliance on testing in American education and for licensure and certification has been accompanied by an escalation in cheating on tests at all levels. Edited by two of the foremost experts on the subject, the Handbook of Quantitative Methods for Detecting Cheating on Tests offers a ...
Handbook of Human and Social Conditions in Assessment
1st Edition
By Gavin T. L. Brown, Lois R. Harris
July 14, 2016
The Handbook of Human and Social Conditions in Assessment is the first book to explore assessment issues and opportunities occurring due to the real world of human, cultural, historical, and societal influences upon assessment practices, policies, and statistical modeling. With chapters written by ...
Handbook of Motivation at School
2nd Edition
Edited
By Kathryn R. Wentzel
March 02, 2016
The second edition of the Handbook of Motivation at School presents an integrated compilation of theory and research in the field. With chapters by leading experts, this book covers the major theoretical perspectives in the field as well as their application to instruction, learning, and social ...
Handbook of Epistemic Cognition
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeffrey A. Greene, William A. Sandoval, Ivar Bråten
February 10, 2016
The Handbook of Epistemic Cognition brings together leading work from across disciplines, to provide a comprehensive overview of an increasingly important topic: how people acquire, understand, justify, change, and use knowledge in formal and informal contexts. Research into inquiry, understanding,...
Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts: Social-Emotional, Motivation, and Cognitive Outcomes
1st Edition
Edited
By Kathryn Wentzel, Geetha Ramani
January 19, 2016
The Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts draws from a growing body of research on how and why various aspects of social relationships and contexts contribute to children’s social and academic functioning within school settings. Comprised of the latest studies in developmental and ...
Handbook of Test Development
2nd Edition
Edited
By Suzanne Lane, Mark R. Raymond, Thomas M. Haladyna
October 28, 2015
The second edition of the Handbook of Test Development provides graduate students and professionals with an up-to-date, research-oriented guide to the latest developments in the field. Including thirty-two chapters by well-known scholars and practitioners, it is divided into five sections, covering...
International Handbook of Research on Teachers' Beliefs
1st Edition
Edited
By Michele Gregoire Gill, Helenrose Fives
September 09, 2014
Teacher beliefs play a fundamental role in the education landscape. Nevertheless, most educational researchers only allude to teacher beliefs as part of a study on other subjects. This book fills a necessary gap by identifying the importance of research on teacher beliefs and providing a ...
International Handbook of Emotions in Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Reinhard Pekrun
April 07, 2014
For more than a decade, there has been growing interest and research on the pivotal role of emotions in educational settings. This ground-breaking handbook is the first to highlight this emerging field of research and to describe in detail the ways in which emotions affect learning and instruction ...
Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools
2nd Edition
Edited
By Michael J. Furlong, Rich Gilman, E. Scott Huebner
February 21, 2014
Understanding the factors that encourage young people to become active agents in their own learning is critical. Positive psychology is one lens that can be used to investigate the factors that facilitate a student’s sense of agency and active school engagement. In the second edition of this ...
International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change
2nd Edition
Edited
By Stella Vosniadou
June 19, 2013
Conceptual change research investigates the processes through which learners substantially revise prior knowledge and acquire new concepts. Tracing its heritage to paradigms and paradigm shifts made famous by Thomas Kuhn, conceptual change research focuses on understanding and explaining learning ...
The International Handbook of Collaborative Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Clark A. Chinn, Carol Chan, Angela O'Donnell
February 05, 2013
Collaborative learning has become an increasingly important part of education, but the research supporting it is distributed across a wide variety of fields including social, cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology, instructional design, the learning sciences, educational technology, ...