Learning
- Bell-Gredler, Margaret E. Learning and Instruction: Theory
into Practice. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986.
This is without question one of the best books to provide you
with an overview of all the theories of learning and instruction.
Bell-Gredler write not only about the theories of learning, but
provides concrete examples of how to implement the theories into
instructional strategies. If you want to know about the theorists
(Piaget, Bruner, Gagne, Bandura, Weiner) then this is the
book.
- Bybee, Rodger W., and Robert B. Sund. Piaget for Educators,
Second Edition. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1990.
This is the essential book for science teachers wishing to know
how to apply Piaget's ideas to the classroom. The book gives
details of Piaget's life, and explores in detail his theories and
relates them to practical applications.
- Champagne, Audrey B. and Leslie E. Hornig. Students and
Science Learning. Washington, DC: American Association for the
Advancement of Science, 1987. This book contains papers from
the 1987 National Forum for School Science. The book presents
recent ideas about the practical application of learning theories,
cognition and science teaching, and intervention programs in math
and science for minortiy and female middle school students.
- Duckworth, Eleanor. The Having of Wonderful Ideas and Other
Essays on Teaching and Learning. New York: Teachers College Press,
1987. This book presents examples of learner-centered teaching
activities engaging learners in mind, sense of self, sense of
humor, range of interests, interaction with other people, and
problem solving.
- Lawson, Anton E., Michael R. Abraham, and John W. Renner. A
Theory of Instruction: Using the Learning Cycle to Teach Science
Concepts and Thinking Skills. NARST MONOGRAPH Number One, National
Association for Research in Science Teaching, 1989. This
monograph traces the origins of the learning cycle in science
instruction, describes in detail what is the learning cycle, and
provides good examples to illustrate the application of the
learning cycle in science instruction.
- Mullis, Ina V.S. and Lynn B. Jenkins. The Science Report Card:
Elements of Risk and Recovery. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing
Service, 1988. This report summarizes the trends in
achievement, attitudes and opportunities for science learning
based on the 1986 national assessment.
- Slavin, Robert E. Educational Psychology: Theory into
Practice. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988. If you
took a course in educational psychology, you may have used this
book. It provides a complete introduction to the field of
educational psychology in a very readable and understandable way.
If you need to track down a concept or term in ed. psych., then
refer to this book.
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