The Unified Learning Model How Motivational, Cognitive, and Neurobiological Sciences Inform Best Teaching Practices /

• Main Authors: Shell, Duane F. (Author), Brooks, David W. (Author), Trainin, Guy (Author), Wilson, Kathleen M. (Author), Kauffman, Douglas F. (Author), Herr, Lynne M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Education.; Teaching.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Educational Psychology.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

This cutting-edge synthesis of ideas and concepts from the cognitive, motivation, and neurobiological sciences sets out a unique theory of learning that should be of interest to everyone from education practitioners to neuroscientists. The authors base their Unified Learning Model, or ULM, on three...

Table of Contents:

• Developing the Unified Learning Model
• The Unified Learning Model
• Learning
• Working Memory
• Knowledge
• Motivation
• How the ULM Fits In
• Applying the Unified Learning Model
• Classroom Applications Overview
• Supporting Motivation
• Efficient Instruction
• Feedback and Assessment
• A Focus on Thinking
• Encouraging Self-regulation
• Managing the Classroom Environment
• Improving as a Teacher
• Policy
• Frontiers
• Epilogue.