Attribution Theory (B. Weiner)

…tennis player who always loses…On the other hand, an ‘A’ from a teacher who gives few high grades or a victory over a highly rated tennis player following a great…

Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

…Interface Design: A Practical Introduction – Shareware book by Clayton Lewis and John Rieman–the entire book online. Wearable Computing– Wearable computing facilitates a new form of human–computer interaction comprising a…

Taxonomies

…discuss, explain, express, identify, indicate, locate, recognize, report, restate, review, select, translate, Application: apply, choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, practice, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write. Analysis: analyze, appraise,…

Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (Cronbach & Snow)

…conclusions of Cronbach & Snow (1977) as: (1) aptitude treatment interactions are very common in education, (2) many ATI combinations are complex and difficult to demonstrate clearly, and no particular…

Subsumption Theory (David Ausubel)

…and specificity. Instructional materials should attempt to integrate new material with previously presented information through comparisons and cross-referencing of new and old ideas. References Ausubel, D. (1963). The Psychology of…

Learning Objects

free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students in higher education. With a continually growing collection of online learning materials, assignments and reviews, MERLOT helps faculty enhance instruction….

Soar (A. Newell et al.)

…general intelligence. Artificial Intelligence, 33, 1-64. Newell, A. (1990). Unified Theories of Cognition. Cambridge , MA: Harvard University Press. Related Websites For a summary of Newell’s work, see http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4779&page=155  …

Sensory-Motor

…error or discovery strategies. His research suggests that some form of guided learning seems most appropriate when high proficiency on a new skill is involved. On the other hand, if…

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Minimalism (J. Carroll)

…have little patience for being treated as “don’t knows”… New users are always learning computer methods in the context of specific preexisting goals and expectations.” (p. 11) Carroll also identifies…

Medicine

…557-565. Teaching and Learning in Medicine Tosteson , D.C. (1979). Learning in medicine. New England Journal of Medicine, 301(13), 690-694. Journal of Academic Medicine Examples of online curricula: Problem-based learning…

Decision-Making

…Judgement and Decision Making. New York: Praeger. Huber, G.P. (1980) Managerial Decision Making. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman. Janis, I.L. & Mann, L. (1977). Decision Making. New York: Free Press. Kahneman,…