1. Research methods in education: contemporary issues
2. What is this lesson about? Instructional processes and student understandings in writing lessons
3. Reading: the great debate
4. Writing in the curriculum : a complex act to teach and to evaluate
5. The curriculum: developing multiplicative thinking and reasoning in mathematics
6. How research in educational psychology has contributed to instructional procedures: the case of cognitive load theory
7. Assessment and evaluation
8. Motivation, learning and instruction
9. Teacher expectations and beliefs: influences on the socioemotional environment of the classroom
10. Managing classroom behaviour : assertiveness and warmth
11. Applied behavior analysis : contributions to New Zealand educational psychology
12. Reconceptualizing special education
13. Children’s friendships: real and imaginary
14. Atypical behavior development: preschool hyperactivity and parent-child relationships
15. Societal and cultural perspective through a Te
16. Conclusion: some potential influences of educational psychology on educational research