Empirical Research in Teaching and Learning: Contributions from Social Psychology draws upon the latest empirical research and empirically-based theories from social psychology to inform the scholarship of teaching and learning.

• Provides an accessible theoretical grounding in social psychological principles and addresses specific empirical evidence drawn from teaching and learning contexts
• Features concrete strategies for use in the classroom setting
• Includes contributions from experts in both social psychology and the scholarship of teaching and learning

Elizabeth Yost Hammer is Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and Professor of Psychology at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans.