Includes glossary, references and index.

Part I :Age-level Characteristics -- Theories of psychosocial and cognitive development -- Part II : Culture and cognition -- Understanding student differences -- Accommodating student diversity -- Part III : Behavioral learning theory : Operating conditioning -- Information processing theory -- Constructivist learning theory, Problem solving, and transfer -- Social cognitive theory -- Part IV : leading classroom learning -- motivation and perceptions to self -- Approaches to instruction -- Part V : Understanding standardized assessment -- Assessment of classroom learning -- Becoming a better teacher by becoming a reflective teacher