How People Learn:
  Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
   



How People Learn:
Brain, Mind, Experience, and School



John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors




Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning


Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education


National Research Council





NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS

Washington, D.C. 1999



    NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

    This study was supported by Grant No. R117U40001-94A between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Education. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    How people learn : brain, mind, experience, and school / John D.
    Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors ; Committee
    on Developments in the Science of Learning, Commission on
    Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research
    Council.
              p. cm.      Includes bibliographical references and index.

         ISBN 0-309-06557-7 (cloth)
         1. Learning, Psychology of. 2. Learning--Social aspects. I.
    Bransford, John. II. Brown, Ann L. III. Cocking, Rodney R. IV.
    National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Developments in the
    Science of Learning.
         LB1060 .H672 1999
         370.15´23--dc21
                                           98-40290


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  John D. Bransford,
  Ann L. Brown, and
  Rodney R. Cocking, editors
  Committee on Developments
  in the Science of Learning
  Commission on Behavioral
  and Social Sciences and Education
  National Research Council




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