This book provides succinct, complete overviews of all current behavioral and cognitive theories and presents their implications for learning and instruction. It covers motivation and self-regulation and contains a new chapter on development and learning. In addition to theory, it gives equal treatment to the applications of principles and concepts of teaching and learning. For educators and school administrators.

Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective (3rd Edition)

Science & Math

DALE H. SCHUNK

Behavioral Sciences

PRENTICE/HALL

Useful for students with minimal course background in psychology, this text balances coverage of theories, principles, and research findings appropriate for human learning with an emphasis on specific examples of their application in a variety of educational settings.

Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective

Prentice Hall College Div.

Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective 6e

Motivation in Education The academic standard for texts on motivation in educational settings. Clear and engaging, Motivation in Education: Theory, Research, and Applications, Fourth Edition presents the major motivation theories, principles, and research findings in sufficient detail to help students understand the complexity of motivational processes, and provide it provides extensive examples of the application of motivational concepts and principles in educational settings.From reviews of Motivation in Education

Motivation in Education: Theory, Research, and Applications: International Edition

Paul R. Pintrich

Judith L. Meece

Pearson/Education

The main objectives of this text are: <ul>
<li> to inform readers of the historical and current learning theoretical principles, concepts, and research findings, especially as they relate to education, and to </li>
<li> provide applications of the principles and concepts in settings where teaching and learning occur. </li>
</ul> The text focuses primary emphasis on cognitive theories that stress learners’ constructions of beliefs, skills, strategies, and knowledge. Behavioral views are also discussed. Following an introductory chapter on learning that discusses key learning issues and historical perspectives, the second chapter discusses conditioning theories of learning. The next five chapters discuss cognitive theories and processes of learning: social cognitive theory, cognitive information processing theory, cognitive learning processes, constructivist theory, and cognition and instruction. The next four chapters cover the key topics of development and learning, neuroscience of learning, content-area learning, and motivation. The concluding chapter asks readers to examine their beliefs about learning, fit these with existing theories, and determine how to apply learning principles to improve teaching and learning. Chapters have numerous applications that apply learning principles to real-world settings. By blending theory, research, and applications throughout, the text provides instructors and students with a unified view of learning in educational settings.

Pearson\Prentice Hall

Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement

Barry J. Zimmerman

Taylor & Francis, Inc.

Learning Theory Educational Perspective (Korean Edition)

Academy Press

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