Educational Psychology: Effective Teaching, Effective Learning

Book by Travers, John F., Elliott, Stephen N., Kratochwill, Thomas R.

Stephen N. Elliott received his doctorate at Arizona State University in 1980 and is currently a Professor of Educational Psychology and a Senior Research Associate in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a faculty member in the School Psychology Program and teaches courses in Professional Issues and Practices, Educational Psychology, and Research Methods and Technical Writing. He currently co-directs two federal grants concerning the effectiveness and the use of testing accommodations and performance assessments with students with disabilities. He is a productive scholar authoring over 85 journal articles, 14 books and 2 widely used behavior rating scales. His work has focused on the assessment of children’s social skills and related problem behaviors and the development of alternative assessment methods for evaluating academic performance. He also has a program of research focusing on the design and evaluation of school-based interventions.

Joan Littlefield Cook received her doctorate in developmental psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on understanding differences between more-successful versus less-successful problem solvers, helping children improve problem-solving skills, and using technology to foster problem-solving skills. Dr. Littlefield Cook has taught elementary school and also has taught educational psychology, child development, cognition and classroom learning, problem solving, and measurement and evaluation to college students.