Calvary University

 Faculty of Education

Human
    Learning

Edition 4

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, Emeritas,
University of Northern Colorado
0-13-094199-9
Cloth
608 pages
2004

Brief Description

For courses in Educational Learning Theory, Educational Psychology, and Learning and Memory.

The leader in the field, this text covers a wide range of theories - conditioning, social-cognitive, information processing, and social constructivism - and provides a thorough grounding in the psychology of motivation. Coverage demonstrates - through the author's lucid prose - how different concepts relate to one another; provides dozens of proven examples; and, emphasizes meaningful learning that makes the fundamentals of these theories as well as their application to education understandable to students with little or no prior coursework in psychology.

Features

• Numerous exercises and examples—Interspersed throughout the text.
  Engage students in relating text concepts to constructed knowledge based on their experiences—illustrates how an educator's personal knowledge base can inform his or her teaching.
• Applications for instructional settings—In every chapter.
  Prepare students to transfer from the academic setting to the professional world—helps prospective teachers gain confidence in their ability to meet the needs of students.
• Summary sections—At the end of each chapter.
  Organize chapter topics for easy review—help students assess their understanding and serve as a study guide at exam time.

New to this Edition

Chapter 2, Learning and the Brain — Includes material on the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system, brain development, and contemporary brain research. Ensures students understand the educational implications of the latest research—"debunks" several common myths that students, and others, hold about the brain's functions.

Chapter 18, Attributions —Expands discussion of motivation to three chapters to accommodate significant new material on dispositions, social goals, and performance approach/avoidance goals; emotions, motivations, and learning; and attribution theory. Helps students realize the importance of understanding motivation in order to fully grasp educational psychology theory.

Chapter 15, Social Processes in Knowledge Construction —Explores the social nature of learning, apprenticeships, reciprocal teaching, peer tutoring, interaction with technology, and more. Guides readers through the basics of "socializing"—provides exceptionally clear treatment of this often-challenging topic.

Topical material throughout the text—Collective self-efficacy, Baddeley's phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad, working memory processing speed, infantile amnesia, intentional learning, technology-based problem-solving, and more. Offers a truly comprehensive introduction to educational psychology and its implications—provides a strong foundation for those who will take no other educational psychology course.

Contents

I: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN LEARNING.
1. Definitions and Perspectives of Learning.
2. Learning and the Brain.

II: BEHAVIORIST VIEWS OF LEARNING.
3. Behaviorism and Classical Conditioning.
4. Operant Conditioning.
5. Applications of Operant Conditioning.
6. Effects of Aversive Stimuli.

III: SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY.
7. Social Cognitive Theory.

IV: COGNITIVE VIEWS OF LEARNING.
8. Antecedents and Assumptions of Cognitivism.
9. Basic Components of Memory.
10. Long-Term Memory I: Storage.
11. Long-Term Memory II: The Nature of Knowledge.
12. Long-Term Memory III: Retrieval and Forgetting.

V: COMPLEX LEARNING AND COGNITION.
13. Metacognition, Self-Regulated Learning, and Study Strategies.
14. Transfer and Problem-Solving.
15. Social Processes in Knowledge Construction.

VI: MOTIVATION.
16. Motivation and Affect.
17. Cognitive Factors in Motivation.
18. Attributions.

References.
Index.
Author Index.
Subject Index.

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