Designed to apply to a wide range of educational practice, from primary school instruction to corporate training, this textbook has been updated for the third edition with new case studies, graphics, and references. Driscoll (education, Florida State U. examines theories of learning and instruction from Ebbinghaus through the Gestalt and radical behaviorism. She describes cognitive information processing, learning and schema theory, situated cognition, cognitive and knowledge development, interactional theories, biological theories, motivation and self-regulation, constructivism, and Gagne's theory of instruction. She closes with information about constructing one's own theories. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR More Reviews and Recommendations

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