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

Author(s)

• Bransford, John
• Brown, Ann L.
• Cocking, Rodney R.
• Donovan, Suzanne
• Pellegrino, James W.
• 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
• National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Bibliographic Information

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

John D. Bransford, Ann, L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors ; with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, M. Suzanne Donovan, John D. Bransford, and James W. Pellegrino, editors ; Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

National Academy Press, c2000

Expanded ed

• : pbk

Note

"Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning"

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

Contents of Works

• 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

Details

• NCID: BA49393091
• ISBN:
  • 0309070368
• LCCN: 00010144
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 374 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB1060
  • DC21 : 370.15/23
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Learning, Psychology of
  • LCSH : Learning -- Social aspects