How people learn : brain, mind, experience, and school / John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors ; Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council. - Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999. - xxiii, 319 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-300) and index.

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 and recommendations for research.

0309065577 (cloth)

98040290


Learning, Psychology of.
Learning--Social aspects.

LB1060 / .H672 1999

370.15/23