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Choosing Sources

Choosing Sources

Tips on how to recognize reliable sources by evaluating them in terms of relevance, currency, audience, and credibility.

Recommended Websites

20 Psychological Principles That Will Help Your Students Learn More Effectively
From the American Psychological Association's Psych Learning Curve website

Applying Ausubel’s Subsumption Theory In eLearning
Basic Principles of Ausubel's Subsumption that a learner absorbs new information by tying it to existing concepts and ideas that they have already acquired.

Bloom’s Taxonomy
The framework elaborated by Bloom and his collaborators consisted of six major categories: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation.

Charles C. Bonwell and the Active Learning Theory
A short introduction on an emerging educational theory.

Constructivist Theory (Jerome Bruner)
Explains Bruner's theory that learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current/past knowledge.

Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
Describes the eight stage theory of identity and psychosocial development.

The Five Educational Learning Theories
Discusses five educational learning theories that educators can utilize to help them enhance their classroom and make it a better learning environment for all students.

Major theories and models of learning
Detailed discussion on the learning process.

Motivation to Learn: An Overview
Huitt, W. (2011). Motivation to learn: An overview. Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Defines and discusses motivation and its theories.

Multiple Intelligences: What Does the Research Say?
Proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983, the theory of multiple intelligences has revolutionized how we understand intelligence. Learn more about the research behind his theory.

Overview of Robert Marzano’s Model of Teaching Effectiveness
Marzano has provided a model for teaching effectiveness that many educators refer to during their practice. It includes eight things that effective teachers do.

Piaget's Theory and Stages of Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that intelligence changes as children grow. Discusses the four stages of development that children pass through.

Social Learning Theory: Albert Bandura
Looks at Bandura’s Social Learning Theory and the implications of this theory on teaching and student learning. Bandura asserts that most human behavior is learned through observation, imitation, and modeling.

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