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How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: Committee On Developments In The Science Of Learning With Additional Material From The Committee On Learning Research And Educational Practice, National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 2170
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 374
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0309070368
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.1523
EAN: 9780309070362
ASIN: 0309070368
Publication Date: September 15, 2000
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Product Description
(National Research Council) Text is a result of work of two committees of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Research Council. Original volume, c1999, was a product of a 2-year study conducted by the Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning. Expands on the findings, conclusion, and research agenda of the original volume. Softcover.
Book Description
This popular trade book, originally released in hardcover in the Spring of 1999, has been newly expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This paperback edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning.
Like the original hardcover edition, this book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods--to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb.
How People Learn examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn. The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. This new knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our current education system.
Topics include:
- How learning actually changes the physical structure of the brain.
- How existing knowledge affects what people notice and how they learn.
- What the thought processes of experts tell us about how to teach.
- The amazing learning potential of infants.
- The relationship of classroom learning and everyday settings of community and workplace.
- Learning needs and opportunities for teachers.
- A realistic look at the role of technology in education.
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 textbook December 6, 2008
C. Bottrell (United States)
This is my textbook for my first masters in education class book. It's exciting, and I totally love it! Fun for the curious-minded and scientific-minded as well.
 Great overview for educators. May 11, 2008
T. Kuo (Phoenix AZ USA)
This is a nice book on the important topics related to how people learn. It serves as an introductory text from which you can gather relevant references on the issues that are of the most interest to you.
The copy I bought at Amazon was defective, though. It was missing more than 20 pages!! But after I contacted the publisher, they quickly sent me a replacement book with no charge at all. (I did not try to contact Amazon for fear that the whole Amazon stock is defective in the same way.)
What all teachers should know January 11, 2008
danielpauldavis (Claremont, CA)
The tome "How Learners Learn" is what your worthless education courses SHOULD have been teaching you, but didn't because the politicians and the professors would rather push their agendas. If the teacher is to actually teach--convey information from one human to another--then the teacher must know how humans acquire information. That's what this book goes into. Oddly, that is also what outfits such as the federal department of education never go into.
Read this book; buy it if you must, borrow it if you can, but read it.
Succinct and practical October 17, 2007
Gordon Eldridge (Southport, Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The beauty of this volume is that it takes a vast quantity of research on how people learn and organizes it in a way which is readable, practical and accessible for educators. The authors distill the findings of numerous studies into three key principles of learning: (1) Teachers must work with student preconceptions and prior knowledge, (2) Teachers must teach in depth, providing multiple examples of the same concept and (3) Teachers must help students develop metacognitive skills so that they can take control of their own learning. These principles are developed and expanded with numerous references to research and practical illustrations. It should be noted that the book is predominantly about conceptual understanding and does not spend a lot of time on how we learn skills such as playing a musical instrument or learning a language. That said, it is an extremely important contribution to discussions of pedagogy and if the advice contained in the book is heeded by teachers, curriculum writers and policy makers, it has the potential to transform many shallow classroom practices into powerful tools that will enable students to develop deep understanding. The accelerating pace of change in the 21st century means that the ability to transfer skills to unfamiliar situations as well as the skills of lifelong learning have become more important than ever. The principles contained in this book will help us prepare students for a changing world.
How people learn July 3, 2007
Nichole Fuller (illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are going to be a teacher, this is a great book to read. Detailed and easy to read, it helps prepare you for what to expect and what will be expected of you as a teacher. It makes it easy to understand how children learn and what are the best teaching strategies to use to teach them as individuals.
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