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Styles of learning and teaching : an integrated outline of educational psychology for students, teachers and lecturers / Noel Entwistle.

By: Entwistle, Noel James [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : David Fulton Publishers, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Description: xi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1853461040 (paperback).Subject(s): Educational psychologyDDC classification: 370.15
Contents:
Part I: Introduction to educational psychology -- Objectivity and sensitivity -- Evidence from educational research and psychology -- Introspection in thinking about thinking -- A learning experiment -- Part II: How students learn -- Approaches to reading and studying -- Contrasting styles of learning -- Models of student learning -- Part III: Topics in educational psychology -- Memory: structure and processes -- Intellectual abilities: rote learning, reasoning, and imaginative thinking -- Concept formation and intellectual development -- Personality and motivation: hope for success and fear of failure -- Styles of thinking and structures of knowledge -- Part IV: Applications to teaching and studying -- Teaching styles, learning, and curricular choice -- Applying theory to practice: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-287) and index.

Part I: Introduction to educational psychology -- Objectivity and sensitivity -- Evidence from educational research and psychology -- Introspection in thinking about thinking -- A learning experiment -- Part II: How students learn -- Approaches to reading and studying -- Contrasting styles of learning -- Models of student learning -- Part III: Topics in educational psychology -- Memory: structure and processes -- Intellectual abilities: rote learning, reasoning, and imaginative thinking -- Concept formation and intellectual development -- Personality and motivation: hope for success and fear of failure -- Styles of thinking and structures of knowledge -- Part IV: Applications to teaching and studying -- Teaching styles, learning, and curricular choice -- Applying theory to practice: primary, secondary, and tertiary.