Investigating Educational Psychology

Tesia Marshik is Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, USA.Mary Beth Leibham is Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, USA.Michael I. Axelrod is Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, USA.Stephen Hupp is Professor of Clinical Child & School Psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA.

• Other WorksList of ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1: The Problem of Misinformation in EducationTesia MarshikChapter 2: Single-Sex SchoolingErin Pahlke and Katherine NagelChapter 3: Cognitive Development Occurs in StagesGrace Murray Willer, Shannon R. Zentall, Bradley J. MorrisChapter 4: Desirable Difficulties and Social-Emotional DevelopmentApril Bleske-RechekChapter 5: Learning StylesJoshua A. CuevasChapter 6: Balanced Literacy vs. Structured LiteracyMatthew K. Burns, Florence Bason, and Lauren KernChapter 7: Behavioral Learning TheoriesScott Bellini, Devin I. Byers, Lindsey Camden, Danielle Gesell, Grace Mummert, Madison O. Dahl, and Hannah L. PawlowskiChapter 8: Multitasking and Brain Training Megan A. Sumeracki and Cynthia L. NebelChapter 9: Typed vs. Handwritten NotesDavid J. Therriault and Lise AbramsChapter 10: Correcting MisconceptionsPaul Kirschner and Pedro de BruyckereChapter 11: Violent Video Games and Youth AggressionWayne A. Warburton, Courtney Plante, Craig A. Anderson, Zoe Dalziel, Laetitia Carlile-Purcarea, and Brenton BellChapter 12: Growth Mindset and GritP. L. ThomasChapter 13: Ability Grouping and Student Learning Andrew L. Wiley, Dimitris Anastasiou, and Rachel KorankyeChapter 14: Fidget Devices and DoodlingKathleen AspirantiChapter15: AssessmentSharon Nichols and Ian Thacker