aChapter 9 Research in Learning: What We Know for Sure
Wellesley R. (Rob) Foshay

In This Chapter

  • Learn the difference between declarative and procedural knowledge
  • Learn how learners learn best and solve problems
  • Recognize what cognitive load is and why it's important

I won't tell you to forget what you think you know about learning. But I would like to challenge some of your habits of practice and help you grow and change your understanding of what learning is and how it happens. The key theme of this chapter is that because of the revolutionary advances in cognitive science now in progress, learning theory has advanced considerably, and ...

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