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Learning to think : disciplinary perspectives /

Presents a model of learning that takes into account the different ways learning occurs in different academic disciplines and explores the relationship between knowledge and thinking processes. Janet Donald--a leading researcher in the field of postsecondary teaching and learning--presents a framewo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Donald, Janet Gail, 1940-
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2002.
Colección:The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
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Acceso en línea:Table of contents
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • The author
  • Learning to think: a cross-disciplinary perspective
  • Orderly thinking: learning in a structured discipline
  • Hard thinking: applying structured knowledge to unstructured problems
  • Inductive thinking: knowledge-intensive learning
  • Multifaceted thinking: learning in a social science
  • Precedent and reason: case versus logic
  • Organizing instruction and understanding learners
  • Criticism and creativity: thinking in the humanities
  • Learning, understanding, and meaning
  • References
  • Name index
  • Subject index.