For an introductory course in educational psychology Educational Psychology‎:‎ Windows on Classrooms‎,‎ Ninth Edition‎,‎ helps future teachers apply the theory and research of educational psychology to increase student learning and development‎.‎ Educational Psychology‎:‎ Windows on Classrooms is the most applied book in the field‎.‎ If you‎'‎re looking for a book that gives you a sound theoretical and research‎-based foundation and then provides specific and concrete illustrations and guidelines for applying this theory and research with your students‎,‎ this is the book for you‎.‎ The book uses an integrated‎-case approach‎,‎ with integrated being the key idea‎.‎ Each chapter begins with a case study taken from actual classroom practice‎.‎ But‎,‎ unlike other books described as case‎-based‎,‎ instead of stopping there‎,‎ Eggen and Kauchak then weave the case throughout each chapter‎-extracting specific illustrations from it‎,‎ and in some instances taking dialogue directly from the case‎-to illustrate classroom applications of the theory and research‎.‎ Eggen and Kauchak include many other concrete examples‎,‎ taken both from classrooms and from daily living‎,‎ to illustrate the content of each chapter‎.‎ The combination of these applications is what makes the book unique‎.‎