Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Educational psychology and the classroom teacher -- Part 1: Human development: a framework for teachers: Cognitive and language development -- Personal, social, and moral development -- Part 2: Individual variations: Learning abilities and exceptionalities -- The impact of culture and community -- Part 3: Learning theories and teaching practice: Behavioral learning theories -- Cognitive learning theories -- Applications of cognitive learning theories -- Part 4: Motivation and classroom management: Motivation and the individual learner -- Motivation and the learning environment -- Classroom management and communication -- Part 5: Planning and teaching: Planning to teach -- Effective teaching/ effective learning -- Part 6: Evaluating student learning: Standardized testing -- Classroom evaluation and grading.