Meaningful Learning

Concept maps and meaningful learning in medical education

Rote Versus Meaningful Learning 1

Richard E. Mayer is a professor of psychology and education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. L EARNING INVOLVES THE ACQUISITION of knowledge. This is a commonsense view of learning that has implications for how to teach—such as presenting information to learners in books and lectures—and how to assess—such as testing to see how much of the presented material students can remember...

Integrating Technology for Meaningful Learning

Textbook details: Integrating Technology for Meaningful Learning, Second Edition Grabe, Mark (Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota and Grabe, Cindy (Technology Facilitator, Grand Forks Schools, North Dakota) 1998, Houghton Mifflin Company, 222 Berkley Street, Boston, MA 02116 USA (ISBN 0 395 87136 0) Pages, 451; parts, 3; chapters, 11; glossary; references; c...

Meaningful Learning and Retention: Intrapersonal Cognitive Variables

Effect of GSS on Meaningful Learning

This study investigates the contribution of Group Support Systems (GSS) to collaborative learning environments. We propose a model explaining the effect of GSS on the acquisition of problem solving knowledge. We also discuss the results of an empirical study designed to test the predictions of the proposed model. In the empirical study, a GSS supported environment is compared to a traditional f...