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Peer reviewedCloete, Nico; Schochet, Ian – Higher Education, 1986
The content and approach of study skills courses are critiqued and alternatives are suggested. It is proposed that an approach providing students with knowledge about the cognitive processes involved in mastering complex material would make the study skills teacher an agent of social change aiming for the enlightenment and emancipation of students…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Change Agents, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Ertmer, Peggy A.; Newby, Timothy J. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1993
Explains three learning theories (i.e., behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism) and examines how each can be used for planning and conducting instructional design activities. Historical foundations are discussed, and comparisons are made concerning how learning occurs, the role of memory, how transfer occurs, and types of learning. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Constructivism (Learning)
