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Offers research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. This book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. The knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our education system.

Table of Contents
1 Front Matter; 2 I INTRODUCTION; 3 1 Learning: From Speculation to Science; 4 II LEARNERS AND LEARNING; 5 2 How Experts Differ from Novices; 6 3 Learning and Transfer; 7 4 How Children Learn; 8 5 Mind and Brain; 9 III TEACHERS AND TEACHING; 10 6 The Design of Learning Environments; 11 7 Effective Teaching: Examples in History, Mathematics, and Science; 12 8 Teacher Learning; 13 9 Technology to Support Learning; 14 IV FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING; 15 10 Conclusions; 16 11 Next Steps for Research; 17 References; 18 Biographical Sketches of Committees' Members and Staff; 19 Acknowledgments; 20 Index

How People Learn Brain Mind Experience and School

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A Paperback / softback by National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences

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    View other formats and editions of How People Learn Brain Mind Experience and School by National Research Council

    Publisher: National Academies Press
    Publication Date: 11/09/2000
    ISBN13: 9780309070362, 978-0309070362
    ISBN10: 0309070368
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    Educational psychology

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Offers research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. This book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. The knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our education system.

    Table of Contents
    1 Front Matter; 2 I INTRODUCTION; 3 1 Learning: From Speculation to Science; 4 II LEARNERS AND LEARNING; 5 2 How Experts Differ from Novices; 6 3 Learning and Transfer; 7 4 How Children Learn; 8 5 Mind and Brain; 9 III TEACHERS AND TEACHING; 10 6 The Design of Learning Environments; 11 7 Effective Teaching: Examples in History, Mathematics, and Science; 12 8 Teacher Learning; 13 9 Technology to Support Learning; 14 IV FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING; 15 10 Conclusions; 16 11 Next Steps for Research; 17 References; 18 Biographical Sketches of Committees' Members and Staff; 19 Acknowledgments; 20 Index

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