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At the very heart of the feeling of personal effectiveness

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The basis of social-cognitive theory. This notion is at the heart of his social-cognitive theory, which explains human development and functioning through continuous and reciprocal interactions between personal, behavioural and environmental (or contextual) factors. ” Related articles: The importance of emotions in learning.

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Metalearning and Learning Styles

Big Dog, Little Dog

However, since most educational and training activities normally teach learners what to learn, rather than how to learn, this is one task that does not come easily for some learners. In addition, it was especially advantageous for those with a strong preference for verbal processing (Constantinidou, Baker, 2002). Effect size.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Essential Reading for Instructional Design?

Learning Visions

After my appeal for something a little more pared down that I might actually be able to read, Dr. John came up with these essentials: The Conditions of Learning and Theory of Instruction , by Robert Gagné Training Complex Cognitive Skills , by Jeroen J.G.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Go Read a Book

Learning Visions

In a recent book claiming that television and video games were “making our minds sharper,&# the journalist Steven Johnson argued that since we value reading for “exercising the mind,&# we should value electronic media for offering a superior “cognitive workout.&# Its all in how you ask the question.

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What Does the "A" in KSA Really Mean?

Big Dog, Little Dog

They even list the learning levels for attitude: Receiving, Responding, Valuing (Judgment), Competence, and Innovation (p. Knowledge, skills, and attitudes relate directly to Bloom's Taxonomy : Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor. The first taxonomy, cognitive, appeared in 1956 (Bloom). In addition, the authors write (p.

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Whole-Task Practice, Visuals, ID, Training, Blogs, & Poverty

Big Dog, Little Dog

Instead, our designers' tactics suggest they view design as an "ill-structured problem" (Jonassen, 2002; Schön, 1987) or "wicked problem" (Becker, 2007) with many possible solutions, which they pursue with a large repertoire of social and cognitive skills. And I see 3 "contexts" for Learning/ Training: Enterprise Learning.

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Top 70 eLearning Posts for June and Hot Topics including iPad and Mobile Learning

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Real learning – let’s not confuse it with completing templated exercises - Performance Learning Productivity , June 18, 2010 I read a piece written by Kate Graham of e2train on Thursday and it started me thinking about the ‘real learning versus managed learning’ debate. But is it safe to rely on peer-to-peer learning?

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