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Psychology of learning for instruction /

By: Driscoll, Marcy Perkins.
Series: Pearson custom library: Publisher: Harlow, Essex : Pearson, 2014Edition: 3rd edition, Pearson new international edition.Description: ii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781292040073; 9781292040073:; 1292040076.Subject(s): Learning, Psychology of | Cognitive learning theory | TeachingDDC classification: 370.1523
Contents:
Introduction to theories of learning and instruction -- Radical behaviorism -- Cognitive information processing -- Meaningful learning and schema theory -- Situated cognition -- Cognitive and knowledge development -- Biological bases of learning and memory -- Motivation and self-regulation in learning -- Gagné's theory of instruction -- Constructivism.
Summary: The third edition of this popular text continues its in-depth, practical coverage with a focus on learning and instruction that presents the latest psychological and educational models and research to the students of today's learning society. The book focuses on the applications and implications of the learning theories. Using excellent examples ranging from primary school instruction to corporate training, this text combines the latest thinking and research to give students the opportunity to explore the individual theories as viewed by the experts.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-460) and index.

Introduction to theories of learning and instruction -- Radical behaviorism -- Cognitive information processing -- Meaningful learning and schema theory -- Situated cognition -- Cognitive and knowledge development -- Biological bases of learning and memory -- Motivation and self-regulation in learning -- Gagné's theory of instruction -- Constructivism.

The third edition of this popular text continues its in-depth, practical coverage with a focus on learning and instruction that presents the latest psychological and educational models and research to the students of today's learning society. The book focuses on the applications and implications of the learning theories. Using excellent examples ranging from primary school instruction to corporate training, this text combines the latest thinking and research to give students the opportunity to explore the individual theories as viewed by the experts.

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