How People Learn:
  Bridging Research and Practice
   



Contents



Title Page and Notice
Committee
Acknowledgments

SUMMARY

1   INTRODUCTION
  Framing the Agenda
  Plan of the Report

2   KEY FINDINGS
  Implications for Teaching
  Bringing Order to Chaos
  Designing Classroom Environments
  Applying the Design Framework to Adult Learning

3   RESPONSES FROM THE EDUCATION AND POLICY COMMUNITIES
  Responses from the Education Community
  Responses from the Policy Community

4   PROPOSING A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
  Overarching Themes
  Research and Development of Educational Materials
  Research on Pre-service and In-service Education
  Research on Education Policy
  Public Opinion and the Media
  Beyond How People Learn
  Communicating Research Knowledge
  Conclusion

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A:   Meeting Participants
APPENDIX B:   Biographical Sketches



   
  M. Suzanne Donovan,
  John D. Bransford, and
  James W. Pellegrino, editors
  Committee on Learning Research
  and Educational Practice
  Commission on Behavioral
  and Social Sciences and Education
  National Research Council










National Research Council

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1999 by the National Academy of Sciences



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