Uniquely clear and engaging, it covers a broad range of theoretical perspectives, while including numerous classroom examples of how these theories apply to learning, instruction, and assessment. KEY TOPICS: human learning, learning theories, educational psychology, learning and the brain; brain development; behaviorism; classical conditioning; operant conditioning; behaviorism and classroom management; applied behavior analysis; positive behavior support; learning and assessment; instructional goals; instructional objectives; social cognitive theory; reciprocal causation; modeling; self-efficacy; self-regulation; Gestalt psychology; verbal learning research; information processing theory; constructivism; memory; working memory; long-term memory; retrieval; forgetting; declarative knowledge; procedural knowledge; implicit knowledge; concept learning; schemas and scripts; worldviews; Piaget's theory of child development; neo-Piagetian theories of child development; Robbie Case's theory of child development; Vygotsky's theory of child development; sociocultural theory; scaffolding; apprenticeships; contextual theories of learning; situated learning and cognition; distributed cognition; ecological systems theory; metacognition; self-regulated learning; learning strategies; study habits; epistemic beliefs; transfer; problem solving; critical thinking; theories of motivation; emotions and learning; anxiety and learning; achievement goals; attributions MARKET: Suitable for undergraduate students, graduate students, and beginning educators who have little or no background in psychology