…curricula: Problem-based learning at Southern Illinois Medical School BioStats and Medical Informatics (Univ Wisconsin) NOTE: Thanks to Ken Williamson (kenw@magnum.mco.edu) and Kathleen Hunter (dmillho1@tampabay.rr.com) for help with this page. …
…Southeastern University in Ft Lauderdale, FL and the George Washington University in Washington, DC; was the Chief Executive Officer of Park Row Inc., a software publishing company in San Diego;…
…which may or may not be directly related to age. Situational characteristics consist of part-time versus full-time learning, and voluntary versus compulsory learning. The administration of learning (i.e., schedules, locations,…
…is more effective to the extent that it contains all necessary primary and secondary forms. Thus, a complete lesson would consist of objective followed by some combination of rules, examples,…
…manipulation of the subject matter facilitates understanding (e.g., use of teachback technique). Individual’s differ in their preferred manner of learning relationships (serialists versus holists). References Pask, G. (1975). Conversation, Cognition,…
…are best understood as assemblages of synchronic and diachronic rules organized into default hierarchies and clustered into categories. The rules comprising the model act in accord with the principle of…
…the development of cognition in children. For further discussion of Metacognition, see http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/fas/shuell/cep564/Metacog.htm References Brown, A. (1978). Knowing when, where and how to remember: A problem of metacognition. In R….
…MA: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J., Goodnow, J., & Austin, A. (1956). A Study of Thinking. New York: Wiley. Related Websites More about Bruner can be found at: http://www.infed.org/thinkers/bruner.htm …
Landa’s theory is concerned with identifying mental processes — conscious and especially unconscious — that underlie expert learning, thinking and performance in any area. His methods represent a system of…
…of previous experience with computers. Since adults are self-directed, instruction should allow learners to discover things for themselves, providing guidance and help when mistakes are made. (See computers for further…
…people try to determine why people do what they do, i.e., attribute causes to behavior. A person seeking to understand why another person did something may attribute one or more…
…multidimensional traversal of complex subject matter. In D. Nix & R. Spiro (eds.), Cognition, Education, and Multimedia. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Related Websites: For more on this work, see: http://www.cogflextheory.org …