Human learning

by Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis

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Title Statements

Full title :Human learning / Jeanne Ormrod (University of Northern Colorado (Emerita)).

Summary

For courses in Learning Theory / Cognition and Instruction / Educational Psychology The market-leading text on learning theories applied to education, this book draws readers in with a lucid and engaging writing style. It covers a broad range of theoretical perspectives, while including numerous classroom examples of how these theories apply to learning, instruction, and assessment. The market-leading education textbook on learning theories, Human Learning looks at a broad range of theoretical perspectives, including behaviorist, social cognitive, cognitive, constructivist, contextual, and developmental theories. It describes associationistic processes, such as classical and operant conditioning, as well as more complex and distinctly human processes such as metacognition, self-regulated learning, and critical thinking. Using a many concrete examples and specific classroom applications, plus a lucid, conversational writing style that truly speaks to students, the author engages students from the start, and makes the concepts, principles, and theories related to human learning and cognition meaningful. The new Seventh Edition features a condensed format, which ideally accommodates typical semester-long courses, coverage of a variety of new topics that have emerged in recent research, and significant updates to include such information as technological innovations in instruction and the neurological underpinnings of learning and behavior.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016
Edition:Global edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pearson
Place of Publication:Harlow, Essex, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

Notes

Previous edition: 2014.

Authorized adaptation from the United States edition, entitled Human Learning, 7th edition, published by Pearson Education ©2016.

The Physical Object

Description:624 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781292104386, 1292104384
oclc:ocn927984602
LC Classification:BF318
Dewey Decimal:153.1/5

Part 1. Introduction to human learning -- Chapter 1. Learning: definition, principles, and theories -- Chapter 2. The nervous system and learning -- Part 2. Behaviorist views of learning -- Chapter 3. Behaviorism -- Chapter 4. Applications of behaviorist principles -- Part 3. Social cognitive theory -- Chapter 5. Social cognitive theory -- Part 4. Cognitive views of learning -- Chapter 6. Cognitivism -- Chapter 7: Memory and its components -- Chapter 8. Long-term memory storage and retrieval processes -- Chapter 9. Knowledge -- Part 5. Developmental and contextual perspectives -- Chapter 10. Cognitive-developmental perspectives -- Chapter 11. Sociocultural theory and other contextual perspectives -- Part 6. Complex learning and cognition -- Chapter 12. Learning and studying effectively -- Chapter 13. Transfer, problem solving, and critical thinking -- Part 7. Motivation -- Chapter 14. Motivation, affect, and their effects -- Chapter 15: cognitive factors in motivation.

Subjects

Apprentissage Behavior Behaviorism Behaviorism (Psychology) Béhaviorisme (psychologie) Cognition Comportement humain human behavior Inlärning Learning Learning, Psychology of Leermiddelen (vorm) Leerpsychologie Leren Mémoire Memory Psychologie de l'apprentissage