Greg Kearsley

…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;…

Algo-Heuristic Theory (L. Landa)

…techniques for getting inside the mind of expert learners and performers which enable one to uncover the processes involved. Once uncovered, they are broken down into their relative elementary components…

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…

Phenomenography (F. Marton & N. Entwistle)

…Engineering. [http://www.ijee.dit.ie/articles/999987/article.htm] Marton, F., Hounsell, D. & Entwistle, N. (1984). The Experience of Learning. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. Ramsden, P. (1992). Learning to Teach in Higher Education. London: Routledge.  …

Personalized Learning

All students have unique strengths, experiences, and interests. Some may be excellent at algebra while others struggle with basic computation. Some may be incredibly gifted in the creative arts while…

Productions

the side of the rule, the specified is carried out. The action could be any form of mental processing. Productions can also generate new productions giving rise to new cognitive…

Schema

…(1980) have further developed the schema concept. Schema have received significant empirical support from studies in psycholinguistics. For example, the experiments of Bransford & Franks (1971) involved showing people pictures…

Aviation

Although aviation training (e.g., pilots, aircrew, maintenance, air traffic control) is highly specialized, it represents an important category of learning in both civilian and military domains because of the consequences…

Management

…budgeting), general abilities (e.g., communication, planning), or personal development (e.g., leadership, handling stress). The double-loop learning theory of Argyris is especially relevant to management education. According to this theory, individuals…

Reading

the different types of reading (e.g., enjoyment versus learning) as well as significant differences between beginners and mature readers. Resnick & Weaver (1979) provide a comprehensive examination of the issues…

ADDIE Model

…training and performance support tools. While perhaps the most common design model, there are a number of weaknesses to the ADDIE model which have led to a number of spin-offs…