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

• Corporate Authors: 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
• Other Authors: Bransford, John
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, �2000.
• Edition: Expanded ed.
• Subjects: Learning, Psychology of.; Learning > Social aspects.; Apprentissage, Psychologie de l'; Apprentissage > Aspect social.; EDUCATION > Educational Psychology.; Leerpsychologie.; Onderwijsmethoden.; Leerplannen.; Leren.; Lernen; P�adagogische Psychologie; Lernpsychologie; Electronic books.

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.

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.