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Psychology of learning for instruction

Title
  1. Psychology of learning for instruction / Marcy P. Driscoll.
Published by
  1. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, ©1994.
Author
  1. Driscoll, Marcy Perkins.

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Description
  1. xviii, 409 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Learning, Psychology of
  2. Cognitive learning theory
  3. Teaching
  4. Teaching
  5. Education
  6. teaching
  7. educating
  8. Cognitive learning theory
  9. Learning, Psychology of
  10. Kognitive Lerntheorie
  11. Lernpsychologie
  12. Unterricht
  13. Leerpsychologie
  14. Leertheorieën
  15. Onderwijspsychologie
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction. What is a Theory of Learning? Learning in History. Learning Theory and Instruction. The General Plan and Approach of This Book -- 2. Radical Behaviorism. The Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Principles of Behavior Management. Contributions of Behaviorism to Instruction. The Behavioral Perspective On Learning: Issues and Criticisms -- 3. Cognitive Information Processing. Overview of the Information Processing System. Sensory Memory. Working Memory. Long-Term Memory. Alternative Conceptions of Cognition. The Rhizome (or Semiotic) Metaphor -- 4. Meaningful Reception Learning. Cognitive Structures and Meaningful Learning. Knowledge Acquisition and Retention. Meaningful Learning and Classroom Practice. Meaningful Learning as Assimilation to Schema -- 5. Schema Theory and Mental Models. Schema Theory. Mental Models. Situated Learning and a Question of Transfer -- 6. Cognitive and Knowledge Development. Jean Piaget's Genetic Epistemology. Cognitive Alternatives to Genetic Epistemology. Implications for Instruction of Developmental Theory -- 7. Interactional Theories of Cognitive Development. Bruner: Going beyond the Information Given. Vygotsky: The Social Formation of Mind -- 8. Biological Bases of Learning and Behavior. Ultimate Causes: Evolution and Behavior. Proximate Causes: Neurophysiology of Learning -- 9. The Motivation to Learn. A Brief History of Educational Research on Motivation. Sources of Motivation To Learn. Consequences, Context, and Continuing Motivation. A Model of Motivational Design -- 10. Gagne's Theory of Instruction. Instructional Psychology, Instructional Theories, Instructional Models. Robert M. Gagne and the Conditions of Learning -- 11. Constructivism. Constructivism: A Contrasting Theory -- 12. Toward a Personal Theory of Learning.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-401) and index.