Adult Learning (K. P. Cross)

…References Cross, K.P. (1981). Adults as Learners. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Cross, K.P. (1976). Accent on Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Related Web Sites For more about adult learning, see: http://adulted.about.com/od/intro/Adult_Learning.htm  …

Component Display Theory (David Merrill)

…M.D., Li, Z. & Jones, M. (1991). Instructional transaction theory: An introduction. Educational Technology, 31(6), 7-12. Merrill, M.D., Reigeluth, C., & Faust, G. (1979). The instructional quality profile: Curriculum evaluation…

Conversation Theory (Gordon Pask)

…teachback technique). Individual’s differ in their preferred manner of learning relationships (serialists versus holists). References Pask, G. (1975). Conversation, Cognition, and Learning. New York: Elsevier. Related Websites http://pangaro.com/pask-pdfs.html http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/Pask.htm  …

Mental Models

…(ed.), Cognitive Skills and their Acquistion. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Gentner, D. & Stevens, A.(1983). Mental Models. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Holland, J.H., Holyoak, K.J., Nisbett, R.E., Thagard, P.R. (1986). Induction: Processes…

Metacognition

…NJ: Erlbaum Assoc. Forrest-Pressly, D., MacKinnon, G., & Waller, T. (1985). Metacognition, Cognition, and Human Performance. Orlando: Academic Press. Garner, R. (1987). Metacognition and Reading Comprehension. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.  …

Constructivist Theory (Jerome Bruner)

…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  …

Algo-Heuristic Theory (L. Landa)

…(1976). Instructional Regulation and Control: Cybernetics, Algorithmization, and Heuristics in Education. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications. Related Websites For more about Landa and his work, see: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mflll/landa.htm http://tecfa.unige.ch/staf/staf9698/mullerc/3/landa.html  …

Andragogy (Malcolm Knowles)

…Learner: A Neglected Species (3rd Ed.). Houston: Gulf Publishing. Knowles, M. (1984). Andragogy in Action. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Related Website For more about Knowles and his work, see: http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-knowl.htm  …

Attribution Theory (B. Weiner)

…of control, (2) stability, and (3) controllability. References Daly, Dennis. (1996). Attribution Theory and the Glass Ceiling: Career Development Among Federal Employees. Public Administration & Management: An interactive Journal [http://www.hbg.psu.edu/faculty/jxr11/glass1sp.html]…

Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro, Feltovitch & Coulson)

…Spiro, R.J., Coulson, R.L., Feltovich, P.J., & Anderson, D. (1988). Cognitive flexibility theory: Advanced knowledge acquisition in ill-structured domains. In V. Patel (ed.), Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of…