- ACT-R (John Anderson)
- Adult Learning Theory (P. Cross)
- Algo-Heuristic Theory (L. Landa)
- Andragogy (Malcolm Knowles)
- Anchored Instruction (John Bransford)
- Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (L. Cronbach & R. Snow)
- Attribution Theory (B. Weiner)
- Cognitive Dissonance Theory (L. Festinger)
- Cognitive Flexibility Theory (R. Spiro)
- Cognitive Load Theory (J. Sweller)
- Component Display Theory (M. David Merrill)
- Conditions of Learning (Robert Gagne)
- Connectionism (Edward Thorndike)
- Constructivist Theory (Jerome Bruner)
- Contiguity Theory (Edwin Guthrie)
- Conversation Theory (Gordon Pask)
- Criterion Referenced Instruction (Robert Mager)
- Double Loop Learning (C. Argyris)
- Drive Reduction Theory (C. Hull)
- Dual Coding Theory (A. Paivio)
- Elaboration Theory (C. Reigeluth)
- Experiential Learning (C. Rogers)
- Functional Context Theory (Tom Sticht)
- Genetic Epistemology (J. Piaget)
- Gestalt Theory (M. Wertheimer)
- GOMS (Card, Moran & Newell)
- General Problem Solver (A. Newell & H. Simon)
- Information Pickup Theory (J.J. Gibson)
- Information Processing Theory (G.A. Miller)
- Lateral Thinking (E. DeBono)
- Levels of Processing (Craik & Lockhart)
- Mathematical Learning Theory (R.C. Atkinson)
- Mathematical Problem Solving (A. Schoenfeld)
- Minimalism (J. M. Carroll)
- Model Centered Instruction and Design Layering (Andrew Gibbons)
- Modes of Learning (D. Rumelhart & D. Norman)
- Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner)
- Operant Conditioning (B.F. Skinner)
- Originality (I. Maltzman)
- Phenomenonography (F. Marton & N. Entwistle)
- Repair Theory (K. VanLehn)
- Script Theory (Roger Schank)
- Sign Theory (E. Tolman)
- Situated Learning (J. Lave)
- Soar (A. Newell et al.)
- Social Development (L. Vygotsky)
- Social Learning Theory (A. Bandura)
- Stimulus Sampling Theory (W. Estes)
- Structural Learning Theory (J. Scandura)
- Structure of Intellect (J. Guilford)
- Subsumption Theory (D. Ausubel)
- Symbol Systems (G. Salomon)
- Triarchic Theory (R. Sternberg)
- Transformational Learning (J. Mezirow)