The Promise of Educational Psychology

Teaching for Meaningful Learning

This book examines how children learn from different methods of instruction. It profiles methods such as feedback, guided exploration, cognitive apprenticeship, problem-based learning, and teaching of problem-solving strategies that allow learners to take what they have learned and apply it to new situations. Readers are exposed to what research has to say about teaching for meaningful learning and learn how to apply this information to their own teaching.Introduction to Teaching for Meaningful Learning; Teaching by Giving Productive Feedback; Teaching by Providing Concreteness, Activity, and Familiarity; Teaching by Explaining Examples; Teaching by Guiding Cognitive Processing During Learning; Teaching by Fostering Learning Strategies; Teaching by Fostering Problem-Solving Strategies; Teaching by Creating Cognitive Apprenticeship in Classrooms; Teaching by Priming Students' Motivation to Learn.

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