Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective

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Merrill, 2000 - Education - 522 pages

Core text for Learning Theories in education and Human Learning courses in psychology.

This text provides succinct, complete overviews of all current behavioral and cognitive theories and presents their implications for learning and instruction. Also covers motivation and self-regulation and contains a new chapter on development and learning. In addition to theory, it gives equal treatment to the applications of principles and concepts of teaching and learning. Ideal for students with minimal course background in psychology, this text illustrates abstract concepts with specific examples. Students can also gather helpful information from a detailed glossary with more than 300 technical terms and an extensive bibliography with more than 1,100 references.

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Contents

Introduction Issues
1
Introduction Issues and Historical Perspectives
9
Precursors of Modern Learning Theories
15
Copyright

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Bibliographic information

TitleLearning Theories: An Educational Perspective
AuthorDale H. Schunk
Edition3, illustrated
PublisherMerrill, 2000
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJan 25, 2010
ISBN0130108502, 9780130108500
Length522 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Education / Administration / General
Education / Educational Psychology
Education / Learning Styles
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / General
Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Psychology / General
  
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