Learning theories

Learning theorists try to understand and explain how people learn. This module group gives an overview of several theoretical perspectives relating to how people acquire knowledge.

• Developmental theories of learning
• Behaviorist theories of learning
• Cognitive theories of learning

• Learning research

See the following portions of online books for more information:

• Cognition and Learning

  • Developmental theories
  • Information processing theories

• Overview module: Learning theories, by Patricia M. Davis
• In overview module: Learning research, by Patricia M. Davis
• In overview module: Reading and learning research, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor) and Leah B. Walter (contributor)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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