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About the Author

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod received her AB in psychology from Brown University and her
MS and PhD 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-Boulder and has worked as a middle
school geography teacher and school psychologist. For 22 years, she was a faculty
member at the University of Northern Colorado, where she taught undergraduate
courses in educational psychology and graduate-level courses in human learning,
assessment, and research methods. 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 other textbooks: Human
Learning (currently in its 7th edition); Educational Psychology: Developing
Learners(currently in its 9th edition, now with Eric and Lynley Anderman as co-
authors); Child Development and Education (co-authored with Teresa McDevitt,
currently in its 6th edition); andPractical Research (co-authored with Paul Leedy,
currently in its 11th edition). Brett D. Jones is a Professor in the Educational
Psychology Program within the School of Education at Virginia Tech (Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University). He received his BAE in Architectural
Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and his MA and PhD in
Educational Psychology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He has
held faculty positions as an educational psychologist at Duke University, the
University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and Virginia Tech. He has taught 24
different types of university courses related to motivation, cognition, and
teaching strategies. Dr. Jones has also conducted workshops and invited
presentations at several universities and has presented over 100 research papers
at conferences. His research, which includes examining instructional methods that
support students' motivation and learning, has led to over 70 articles, several
book chapters, and a two other books besides this book: Motivating Students by
Design: Practical Strategies for Professors, and The Unintended Consequences Of
High-Stakes Testing.

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 Publisher : Pearson; 5th ed. edition (14 January 2017)
 Language : English
 Loose Leaf : 544 pages
 ISBN-10 : 0134522095
 ISBN-13 : 978-0134522098
 Dimensions : 21.34 x 2.03 x 27.43 cm