How People Learn

by Bransford, John; Brown, Ann L.; Cocking, Rodney R.

• ISBN13: 9780309065573
• ISBN10: 0309065577
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Natl Academy Pr

Summary

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do -- with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods -- to help children learn most effectively? This book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to these and other questions. New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary	xi
Part I Introduction
Learning: From Speculation to Science	3	(16)
Part II Learners and Learning
How Experts Differ from Novices	19	(20)
Learning and Transfer	39	(28)
How Children Learn	67	(35)
Mind and Brain	102	(17)
Part III Teachers and Teaching
The Design of Learning Environments	119	(24)
Effective Teaching: Examples in History, Mathematics, and Science	143	(35)
Teacher Learning	178	(16)
Technology to Support Learning	194	(27)
Part IV Future Directions for the Science of Learning
Conclusions and Recommendations for Research	221	(20)
References	241	(60)
Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	301	(6)
Index	307