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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
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are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the
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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
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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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