Academic Success

Applying Learning Theory in the Classroom

By (author) Marie Menna Pagliaro

Not available to order

Publication date:

04 October 2013

Length of book:

140 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781475805710

Beginning with guiding teachers in establishing a positive and supportive learning environment for student achievement, Academic Success then presents a review of behavioral, constructivist, and cognitive learning theories. These theories are reflected within the four main categories with which teachers must constantly deal, these being motivation; goals/objectives and feedback; delivering original learning; and reinforcement. Academic Success provides numerous examples of classroom applications that show how the theories can be implemented. This book also offers a case study that demonstrates how with one teacher’s initiative, learning theories were applied to actively involve students within a school, school district, and beyond.
Kudos to Dr. Pagliaro on her new book, Academic Success. She is right on target with her suggestions on how to implement effective teaching practices and create a positive classroom environment in order to help all students succeed. This book is very well organized, east to read with excellent research and very practical ideas that would be easy to apply. It would be helpful to any teacher and should be a standard text for Education methods courses. In addition, many experienced teachers are struggling with the new Common Core Standards. Dr.Pagliaro’s book addresses this issue directly and would be a very helpful and non-threatening guide for them. I am currently conducting workshops to help veteran teachers deal with the changing regulations and intend to use this book as a reference and recommend it to the participants.