Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology, Volumes 1-2

Educational Psychology is a special field of endeavor since itstrives to apply what we know about many different disciplines tothe broad process of education. In the most general terms, you canexpect to find topics in this area that fall into the categories ofhuman learning and development (across the life span), motivation,measurement and statistics, and curriculum and teaching. There arefew comprehensive overviews of the field of educational psychology,and the purpose of this two-volume Encyclopedia is toshare this information in a way that is, above all, informativewithout being overly technical or intimidating.With more than 275 contributions, the Encyclopedia ofEducational Psychology opens up the broad discipline ofeducational psychology to a wide and general audience. Written byexperts in each area, the entries in this far-reaching resourceprovide an overview and an explanation of the major topics in thefield of human development. While the Encyclopediaincludes some technical topics related to educational psychology,for the most part, it focuses on those topics that evoke theinterest of the everyday reader.https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/encyclopedia-of-educational-psychology/book227695