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Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Learning
Grounded in research, Vibrant Learning, focuses on language-rich,
literacy-based, collaborative classrooms as the foundation for
transforming content area learning. The authors emphasize three
areas: (1) strategies to support student understanding of concepts,
(2) ideas to encourage student engagement, and (3) creating a
lively and respectful classroom environment to foster an
integrative approach to learning. Knowledgeable teachers with a
repertoire of effective instructional strategies make genuine
learning possible. With that in mind, this book presents a solid
theoretical background and a set of practical tools in each of its
chapters, ranging from assessment, compression, vocabulary,
motivation, to integration for the content area teacher.
Primer on Learning and Conditioning: A Quantitative Approach is a
succinct, practical, and exercise-based learning and conditioning
textbook designed to help students easily grasp key concepts in the
field. The book emphasizes a conceptual perspective on associative
learning and conditioning, and features a distinct focus on
experimental design and quantitative analysis. The book begins with
a brief history of the field and introduces students to the concept
of learning. Later chapters provide students with the tools and
information they need to successfully design conditioning
experiments and represent functional relations. Concepts such as
modal action patterns, generalization gradients, habituation, and
sensitization are explored. The text discusses Pavlovian and
operant conditioning, elaborating on foundational concepts such as
contingency, reinforcement and punishment, and simple schedules of
reinforcement. Students also explore the topics of self-control,
behavioral economics, and their implications on mechanisms of
reinforcement. Featuring exercises designed to strengthen key ideas
at the end of each chapter, Primer on Learning and Conditioning is
an interactive text that helps students bridge the gap between the
foundational concepts of learning and conditioning and empirical
research. It is well-suited for courses in experimental psychology
or neuroscience that are focused on learning, conditioning,
motivation, or behavior.
Technology is moving faster than teachers and children can keep up
with. Teaching in the Digital Age for Preschool and Kindergarten
guides teachers toward integrating technology across the curriculum
so it can have an authentic, meaningful, and developmentally
appropriate impact on children's exploration and learning. Full of
strategies and stories, photographs and videos, this book provides
a clear picture of how to integrate technology that will expand
awareness and ignite the teacher's excitement. This book will help
teachers make well-informed decisions about when, how, and why they
use technology and media with young children in preschool and
kindergarten. Organized by discipline- including science, math,
literacy, art, social studies, health and safety, physical
education, and music it will motivate teachers to dig deeper into
each area to see the many ways technology and digital media can
support and strengthen children's learning, as well as
documentation and assessment.
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