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Summary:

A resources in which new research about the mind, the brain, and the processes of learning are applied to questions regarding curricula, classrooom settings, and teaching methods.
When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do - with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods - to help children learn most effectively? This book offers exciting new research about the mind, the brain, and the processes of learning that provides answers to these and other question. New information from many branches of science as significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture of what people see and absorb. How People Learn examines these finding and their implication for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children - and adults - learn. Newly expanded to show how theories and insights can translate into actions and practice, How People Learn makes a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior.

Table of 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.

Contributors:

Bransford, John

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English.

Other Related Resources:

Print version: How people learn (Expanded ed.; Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000 — ISBN 0585321078; LCCN 00010144; OCLC Number 44493144)

Subjects:

Learning, Psychology of

Learning — Social aspects

Learning

Teaching

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-348) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 374 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

LB1060 .H672 2000eb

ISBNs:

0585321078 (electronic bk.)
9780585321073 (electronic bk.)
9786612083839
6612083832
0309131979
9780309131971
128208383X
9781282083837
9780309501453 [Invalid]
0309501458 [Invalid]
0309070368 (pbk.) [Invalid]
9780309070362 (pbk.) [Invalid]
0305070368 [Invalid]
0309065577 [Invalid]
9780309065573 [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

00010144 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

45843712