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The Eggen and Kauchak text provides a plethora of meaningful and high-quality examples (including video examples) of how educational psychology is used in classrooms. It is a very applied text and practices what it preaches... [Its strengths include] the discussions of teaching misconceptions... the discussion of perspective taking and social problem solving... creativity... behavioral and cognitive approaches to classroom management. The case studies provided are also instructionally useful. - E. Michael Nussbaum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas [On the interactive, digital features available in MyLab Education: ] The application exercise is an outstanding review of the major concepts... The self-check features are a valuable tool for students to understand the material. The questions were aligned to the most important concepts in the chapters and most were effective in their feedback... The video examples feature is effective in applying the major concepts to a classroom setting and they are well aligned to the content covered in the text. - Rory B. Dippold, George Mason University [Strengths include: ] Theories are often immediately connected to concrete examples and promising strategies in teaching. Organic integration of content standards... I especially like the recurring use of concrete classroom dialogue to illustrate big ideas and promising strategies. My students would value the appendix on preparing for the Praxis test... Overall, I love [the self-check] feature: it's potentially highly effective in helping the read[er] better understand. The questions are generally well designed and I like being able to try again. I like that the feedback on incorrect answers explains the error... rather than just displaying the correct answer. Yes, the questions are well-aligned, and often preserve some nuance rather than only calling for simple recall... [Using application exercises] is a promising strategy: coupling a video with some short-answer questions that require higher-level thinking... - Kym Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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Paul Eggen has worked in higher education for nearly 40 years. He is a consultant for public schools and colleges in his university area and has provided support to teachers in 12 states. Paul has also worked with teachers in international schools in 23 countries in Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, Central America, South America and Europe. He has published several articles in national journals, is the co-author of six other books, and presents regularly at national and international conferences. Paul is strongly committed to public education. His wife is a middle school teacher in a public school, and his two children are graduates of public schools and universities. Don Kauchak has taught and worked in schools and in higher education in nine states for over 40 years. He has published in a number of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Experimental Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Teaching and Teacher Education, Phi Delta Kappa, and Educational Leadership. In addition to this text, he has co-authored or co-edited six other books on education. He has also been a principal investigator on federal and state grants examining teacher development and evaluation practices, and presents regularly at the American Educational Research Association. He currently volunteer-tutors first, second, and third graders in a local elementary school. These students have taught him a lot about educational psychology.

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