Theories of Learning Human Resource Development. If you've ever wondered why some people succeed at learning new skills and knowledge while others fail to grasp basic concepts, ...

Learning is viewed as a social process, and other individuals, especially significant others, provide crucial examples, so the role model is a central concept in the theory.

New research proposes a unified theory of brain function based on criticality—a state where the brain teeters between order ...

In contrast to behaviorism, humanistic theories (particularly those of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow) emphasize the importance of addressing students’ emotional and psychological needs. Humanistic ...

Theory isn't computable for this form of the card game, so they designed some elegant search strategies for their computer program, "Pluribus," to beat the best human players in 10,000 hands of poker.

Any valid theory of student learning has to address all these issues. For example, a teacher may try to help students by correcting their poor learning strategies, but if the problem is with ...

New theory of synapse formation in the brain Date: October 10, 2013 Source: Forschungszentrum Juelich Summary: The human brain keeps changing throughout a person's lifetime.

More to Explore. Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition. Michael Tomasello. Harvard University Press, 2003. Constructions at Work: The Nature of Generalization in ...

In education, as in psychology, clarity matters. Yet in everyday conversations about teaching and learning, terms like learning theory and pedagogy are often used interchangeably. Phrases such as ...