In Order to Learn: How the sequence of topics influences learning: 2 (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019517884X ISBN 13: 9780195178845

Publisher: OUP USA, 2007

Synopsis

In Order to Learn shows how order effects are crucial in human learning, instructional design, machine learning, and both symbolic and connectionist cognitive models.

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About the Author

Frank Ritter helped start the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State, and is affiliated with the psychology, computer science and engineering departments. He also helped start the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling and the tutorial series at the Cognitive Science Conference. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Technische Universität Chemnitz in 2005. Josef Nerb is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany, where he also serves as a Vice Dean for teaching and learning. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Freiburg and did a post-doc at the University of Waterloo, Canada, supported by an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship. Erno Lehtinen is Vice rector and former Dean of the School of Education at Turku University, where he is a professor of education. He is a past president of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Tim O'Shea is the Principal (President) of the University of Edinburgh. Previously he was Master of Birkbeck College, and professor of information technology and education at the Open University.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019517884X
• ISBN 13: 9780195178845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Ritter Frank E., Nerb Josef, Lehtinen Erno, O'Shea Timothy