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Human Learning

This text covers a wide range of theories - conditioning, social-cognitive, information processing and social constructivism - and provides a thorough grounding in the psychology of motivation. Coverage demonstrates how different concepts relate to one another; provides dozens of proven examples; and emphasizes meaningful learning that makes the fundamentals of these theories as well as their application to education understandable to students with little or no prior coursework in psychology.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 608 pages

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