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...

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...

Learning is the acquisition of new mental schemata, knowledge, abilities and skills which can be used to solve problems potentially more successfully. The learning process is optimum when it is assisted and personalized. Learning is not a single activity, but should involve many possible activities to make learning become meaningful. Many e-learning applications provide facilities to support te...

AIM Knowledge does not transfer automatically, but requires an active, personal progress through meaningful learning. As posited by the constructivist paradigm, the aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of meaningful learning by analysing definitions and correlated methods found in the literature. DESIGN An integrative review. METHODS Articles were sought on MEDLINE, CINAHL ...