Product Description: The author distills years of research and experience into six easy, proactive steps to establishing a classroom environment free of disruption and conducive to learning.

Discusses how to encourage students to create their own learning experiences and to search for information, process their findings, and translate it into purposeful knowledge for themselves.

Educational Psychology in Context: Readings for Future Teachers takes an exciting new approach to educational psychology by addressing the questions that real teachers in real schools ask about real students. This book's purpose is to provide a stimulating alternative to traditional texts by helping teachers develop a strong theoretical and research-based understanding of how their students learn and develop. Unlike other texts, this book of major readings is an anthology of primary-source readings selected for students entering the teaching profession and for teachers interested in examining learning and development.