Constructivist Theory (Jerome Bruner)

…particular perspective. Example This example is taken from Bruner (1973): “The concept of prime numbers appears to be more readily grasped when the child, through construction, discovers that certain handfuls…

Andragogy (Malcolm Knowles)

…programs (especially for “soft skill” domains such as management development). Example Knowles (1984, Appendix D) provides an example of applying andragogy principles to the design of personal computer training: There…

Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro, Feltovitch & Coulson)

…Its primary applications have been literary comprehension, history, biology and medicine. Example Jonassen, Ambruso & Olesen (1992) describe an application of cognitive flexibility theory to the design of a hypertext…