Principles of Educational Psychology, Second Canadian Edition

Principles of Educational Psychology employs a unique approach to help students understand concepts, by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. The book concentrates on core concepts and principles and gives students an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod received her A.B. in psychology from Brown University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from The Pennsylvania State University. She earned licensure in school psychology through postdoctoral work at Temple University and the University of Colorado at Boulder and has worked as a middle school geography teacher and school psychologist. She was Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado until 1998; she is currently Professor Emerita there. She has published and presented extensively on cognition and memory, cognitive development, instruction, and related topics but is probably best known for this book and four others: Human Learning (currently in its 8th Edition); Essentials of Educational Psychology (now in its 6th Edition and now coauthored with Brett D. Jones); Child Development and Education (co-authored with Teresa McDevitt, now out in its 7th Edition); and Practical Research: Design and Process (recently released in its 13th Edition). She and her husband Richard live in New Hampshire, where (she is happy to report) she is within a 90-minute drive of her three grandchildren.