This is a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of the theories, research, and research methods designed to explore how, why, when, and to what extent females and males differ in intellectual abilities. Halpern's lively and highly accessible writing conveys complex ideas and interrelationships among variables in an engrossing and understandable manner. Providing a thought-provoking perspective on a controversial and politically explosive topic, her treatment bridges the gap between the sensationalized, often shoddy "pop literature" and highly technical scientific publications.

Product Description: This title examines what our students need to know to be psychologically literate citizens of the contemporary world, caring family members, and productive workers who can meet today's challenges. It contains the expert opinions of a leading group on the topic, creates a powerful new model for educating psychologically literate citizens and provides a handbook of evidence-based practical pedagogy with substantive resource materials applicable to every campus and its faculty...read more

Product Description: A text that applies what researchers and educators have discovered about how, where, and why students learn. The result: science made accessible. The authors introduce students to the fundamentals of psychology and the latest cutting-edge research through a pedagogical framework designed to keep students engaged, motivated, and learning actively...read more

Product Description: Changing Realities of Work and Family is aninterdisciplinary volume that examines the multiple realities ofwork and family from academic, commercial, and politicalperspectives. The book Brings together works by an extraordinary list of contributors,including Jane Swift, former governor of Massachusetts;practitioners from industry; the leading attorney in discriminationagainst mothers and pregnant women; and outstanding academics frompsychology, business, economics, and human relationsExamines work and family in the political arena, gay andlesbian workers, work and family as it relates to age, singlemothers, and the role of culture and communityIncludes original empirical articles written expressly for thiswork, in which the most current research on the field of work andfamily will be presentedProvides “real world” examples of the intersectionof work and family in such fields as business, government, and thela...read more

Product Description: The largest social change in the last 50 years has been the increase in the number of women, especially mothers of young children, in the formal work force The May 2006 and June 2006 volumes of American Behavioral Scientist look at how this powerful transformation has impacted the venerable foundations of work and family, and reflect on the changes needed in organizational practices, social and public policy, families, and society in general to adapt to the changing 21st century workforce...read more

Product Description: This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach students the thinking skills they need to succeed in today's world...read more

Assuming no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, "Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking" is useful for anyone interested in seeking to develop skills in quantitative reasoning, evidence-based argumentation or simply "good" thinking. Students can work through the text and workbook and should leave the course with a solid understanding of both the psychological processes involved in thinking and how to apply them. Also included in this set is "Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking". (view table of contents)

Product Description: It is sadly true that most of the way we teach and learn is uninformed by laboratory findings in human cognition. Although researchers have made considerable progress in understanding the cognitive and social variables that mediate in the learning process, very little of this basic knowledge has been translated into practice, many research questions that are critically important for directing educational reform remain unanswered, and few in the scientific community have been actively involved in the efforts to reform higher education...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Consider that many of the people who are alive today will be working at jobs that do not currently exist and that the explosion of information means that today's knowledge will quickly become outdated. As a result, two goals for education clearly emerge -- learning how to learn and how to think critically about information that changes at a rapid rate. We face a multitude of new challenges to our natural environment, difficult dilemmas concerning the use of weapons of mass destruction, political agendas for the distribution of scarce commodities and wealth, psychological problems of loneliness and depression, escalating violence, and an expanding elderly population. International in scope and in magnitude, these new problems strain resources and threaten the continuance of life on earth. To creatively and effectively attack these imminent problems, a well educated, thinking populace is essential. An abridged edition of Halpern's best-selling text, Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum is designed to help students enhance their thinking skills in every class. The skills discussed are needed in every academic area and setting -- both in and out of class. They are: determining cause; assessing likelihood and uncertainty; comprehending complex text; solving novel problems; making good decisions; evaluating claims and evidence; and thinking creatively. In this adaptation of her best-selling text, Diane Halpern applies the theories and research of cognitive psychology to the development of critical thinking and learning skills needed in the increasingly complex world in which we work and live. The book is distinguished by its clear writing style, humorous tone, many practical examples and anecdotes, and rigorous academic grounding. Everyday examples and exercises promote the transfer of critical thinking skills and dispositions to real-world settings and problems. The goal is to help readers recognize when and how to apply the thinking skills needed to analyze arguments, reason clearly, identify and solve problems, and make sound decisions. Also of importance, a general thinking skills framework ties the chapters together, but each is written so that it can "stand alone." This organization allows for maximum flexibility in the selection of topics and the order in which they are covered. This book is intended for use in any course emphasizing critical thinking as an approach to excellence in thinking and learning.

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Product Description: Thinking is not a spectator sport. Research has shown that the skills of critical thinking must be practiced with a wide variety of problems in many different contexts in order to be learned and retained. The exercises, questions, and reviews in this workbook are designed to provide the systematic practice needed to help readers become more critical thinkers...read more

Product Description: This special issue presents some important ways of thinking about teaching critical thinking -- well-grounded in an understanding of what research has told us about how students learn. It focuses on how to design the instructional process to enhance critical thinking across the curriculum, and describes innovative ways in which questioning strategies, conference-style learning, negotiation, and writing can be used to promote critical thinking...read more

Product Description: Changing College Classrooms provides useful ideas on the four hottest issues in higher education today: active learning, diversity, technology, and assessment. Every faculty member will find at least one chapter well worth reading...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

In recent years national and international reports have been issued that speak of the sad state of the educational system in the United States and the desperate need for reform in teaching science and mathematics. Cognitive psychologists and mathematics and science educators have responded to this need by designing instructional programs that are more compatible with our knowledge of how people acquire, use, and retain knowledge. Many of the guiding principles that underlie these programs are presented in this volume such as teaching comprehension of scientific text through a problem-solving approach: problem planning and representation, selection of relevant information, and simultaneous monitoring of both the specifics of the problem and the mental processes being used to solve it.