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Education and Learning: An Evidence-based Approach
Jane Mellanby
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Description for Education and Learning: An Evidence-based Approach
Paperback. Education and Learning; An Evidence-Based Approach offers an accessible introduction to the most recent evidence-based research results into teaching, learning, and our education system. It explores various factors affecting learning - from ability, creativity, and gender, to culture, metacognition, and lifelong learning. . Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
Education and Learning offers an accessible introduction to the most recent evidence-based research into teaching, learning, and our education system.
- Presents a wide range references for both seminal and contemporary research into learning and teaching
- Examines the evidence around topical issues such as the impact of Academies and Free Schools on student attainment and the strong international performance of other countries
- Looks at evidence-based differences in the attainment of students from different socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, and explores the strong international performance of Finnish and East Asian students
- Provides accessible explanations of key studies that are supplemented with real-life case examples
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781118483619
SKU
V9781118483619
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Jane Mellanby
Jane Mellanby is Emeritus Fellow in Experimental Psychology at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford. She is the creator of VESPARCH, a verbal and spatial reasoning test designed to identify children who are under-achieving relative to their potential. Katy Theobald is a public service delivery consultant. She has experience teaching mathematics in both the UK and India, and ... Read more
Reviews for Education and Learning: An Evidence-based Approach
“Overall, I share the authors’ underlying belief that psychology has something useful to contribute to improving education, and I applaud their efforts to demonstrate how to take an evidence-based approach to practical issues in education.” (PsycCRITIQUES, 17 November 2014)