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How people learn : brain, mind, experience, and school

Title

How people learn : brain, mind, experience, and school / John D. Bransford ... [et al.], editors ; Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning and Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format

Book

Edition

Expanded ed.

Published

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Description

x, 374 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

URL

<EBSCOhost> https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=46035 <National Academies Press> http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9853.html <National Academies Press> http://www.nap.edu/books/0309070368/html <Table of contents> http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009133948&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA

Other contributors

Bransford, John. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-348) and index.

Contents

• Learning : from speculation to science
• How experts differ from novices
• Learning and transfer
• How children learn
• Mind and brain
• The design of learning environments
• Effective teaching : examples in history, mathematics, and science
• Teaching learning
• Technology to support learning
• Conclusions
• Next Steps for Research.

Subject headings

Learning, Psychology of Learning--Social aspects.

ISBN

0309070368 (pbk.)