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Drawing from educational psychology and the learning sciences while encompassing key subdisciplines, this globally attentive collection offers new insights into what makes learning through inquiry both possible in context and beneficial to outcomes.

For more than a decade, there has been growing interest and research on the pivotal role of emotions in educational settings. This ground-breaking handbook is the first to highlight this emerging field of research and to describe in detail the ways in which emotions affect learning and instruction in the classroom as well as students¿ and teachers¿ development and well-being.

The field of positive psychology investigates factors that facilitate a student¿s sense of agency and active school engagement. This groundbreaking handbook describes the application of positive psychology to educational policy, and explores how its constructs relate to the school experiences of children and youth. The second edition features thirteen new chapters and a section devoted to international applications of positive psychology. Other topics explored include conceptual foundations, assessment, intervention issues, and service delivery models.

The field of positive psychology investigates factors that facilitate a student¿s sense of agency and active school engagement. This groundbreaking handbook describes the application of positive psychology to educational policy, and explores how its constructs relate to the school experiences of children and youth. The second edition features thirteen new chapters and a section devoted to international applications of positive psychology. Other topics explored include conceptual foundations, assessment, intervention issues, and service delivery models.

The Handbook of Quantitative Methods for Detecting Cheating on Tests is a comprehensive book that describes the variety of ways people cheat and the quantitative methods that have been developed to detect and combat them.

The Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts draws from a growing body of research on how and why various aspects of social relationships and contexts contribute to children's social and academic functioning within school settings.