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Michael Domjan; Andrew R. Delamater – APA Books, 2023
Through four previous editions, students and instructors have relied on this book's clear, concise, and highly accessible overview of the processes and mechanisms responsible for conditioning and learning. Domjan and Delamater summarize major theories of how humans and nonhuman animals learn, along with the classic experiments that support these…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Learning Processes, Video Technology, Neurosciences
Lawton, Joseph T.; Blue-Swadener, Elizabeth – 1979
The effects of two types of advance organizer small group instruction, expository (EO) and guided self-discovery (GSDO) were assessed in teaching the concrete operational skills of either hierarchical classification or relations to preschool children. A control group was taught using the same materials, in a manner determined by the children's…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning
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Gadanidis, George – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Presents a historical overview of learning theories in mathematics education applied to the teaching of integers. Theories discussed are meaning vs. rote learning; direct vs. incidental; discovery vs. exposition; concrete vs. abstract; and construction vs. transmission. Includes a reproducible activity sheet and 19 references. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1981
The introduction of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to children is seen to require a compatible and sequential methodology. The sequence of learning is seen as: (1) physical action; (2) emotional involvement; and (3) conceptual learning. A learning sequence should involve the following steps: (1) connectinq number experience to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Little, David – 1981
This module on the learning process is the tenth of 11 modules in the set, Introduction to Teaching Adults. Designed to meet the learning needs of part-time continuing education instructors, these modules can be used as resource materials for local workshops or study-discussion groups, as self-instruction (each module takes approximately two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Autoinstructional Aids
Levine, S. Joseph; And Others – 1981
This learning packet consists of a leader's guide and handout materials, for conducting inservice workshops on adult learning for adult educators. Twelve modules are included in the binder. Each of these modules is a separate workshop training activity, most of which will take no more than one hour to conduct. Each of the modules includes a…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs