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Learning Theory Links


There are several resources that present a basic introduction to learning theories. These topics fall into three major areas of learning and cognition:
  • Behaviourism
  • Cognitivism
  • Constructivism
  1. Learning Theory: How did we learn to do all those things we can do now, but once could not? Last Updated: March 30, 2000
    http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/learning.html

  2. Timeline: Learning Theories of the 20th Century http://hale.pepperdine.edu/~skhall/asynch.htm

  3. Instructional Design & Learning Theory
    Brenda Mergel, Graduate Student
    Educational Communications and Technology, University of Saskatchewan
    http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/802papers/mergel/brenda.htm

  4. Learning Theory Foundations
    http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/edp511/Lt1kjs.html

II. Links to Learning Theory Topics

a. Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database : This database summarizes 50 theories relevant to learning and instruction.
http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/

b. Funderstanding: Excellent overview of learning theory and its relationship to instructional development
http://www.funderstanding.com/about_learning.html

f. Adult Learning Theory: A Resource Guide Compiled by Teresa Crafton, Indiana State University: Last updated: July 18, 2000
http://odin.indstate.edu/level1.dir/adultlrn.html

Skill acquisition model Dreyfus Hubert L, Dreyfus Stuart E, Mind over Machine
http://www.byu.edu/ipt/vlibrary/learning/research.html

Selections from Science and Human Behavior B. F. Skinner
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~jprinz/cogsci2000/Skinner.htm

Reflections on Constructivism and Instructional Design, Brent G. Wilson, University of Colorado at Denver
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~bwilson/construct.html

g. Learning Theory and Research (BYU)
http://www.masda.vxu.se/~per/CP-web/PBDDSKIL.HTM


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