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Wittrock, M. C. – Educational Psychologist, 2010
A cognitive model of human learning with understanding is introduced. Empirical research supporting the model, which is called the generative model, is summarized. The model is used to suggest a way to integrate some of the research in cognitive development, human learning, human abilities, information processing, and aptitude-treatment…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Information Processing, Cognitive Development, Models
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Mayer, Richard E. – Educational Psychologist, 2010
Among his many accomplishments in educational psychology, Merlin C. Wittrock is perhaps best remembered for his enduring contributions to the science of learning. His vision of how learning works is best explicated in articles published in "Educational Psychologist" (Wittrock, 1974, 1978, 1989, 1991, 1992), beginning with his classic 1974 article,…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Educational Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Prior Learning