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'''Learning''' is the process of acquiring new [[understanding]], [[knowledge]], [[behavior]]s, [[skill]]s, [[value (personal and cultural)|values]], [[Attitude (psychology)|attitudes]], and [[preference]]s.<ref>Richard Gross, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Cle1Fcr_6_QC&pg=PT335 Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231162243/https://books.google.com/books?id=Cle1Fcr_6_QC&pg=PT335 |date=2022-12-31 }} 6E, Hachette UK, {{ISBN|978-1-4441-6436-7}}.</ref> The ability to learn is possessed by [[human]]s, non-human [[animal]]s, and some [[machine learning|machines]]; there is also evidence for some kind of learning in certain [[plant]]s.<ref>Karban, R. (2015). Plant Learning and Memory. In: ''Plant Sensing and Communication''. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, pp. 31–44, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8HOeCQAAQBAJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231162243/https://books.google.com/books?id=8HOeCQAAQBAJ|date=2022-12-31}}.</ref> Some learning is immediate, induced by a single event (e.g. being [[burn]]ed by a [[Heat|hot]] [[stove]]), but much skill and knowledge accumulate from repeated experiences.<ref>Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (2008). ''Metaphors we live by''. University of Chicago press.</ref> The changes induced by learning often last a lifetime, and it is hard to distinguish learned material that seems to be "lost" from that which cannot be retrieved.<ref name="Schacter">{{cite book | title=Psychology, 2nd edition | publisher=Worth Publishers | author1=Daniel L. Schacter | author2=Daniel T. Gilbert | author3=Daniel M. Wegner | orig-year=2009 | year=2011 | page=[https://archive.org/details/psychology0000scha/page/264 264] | isbn=978-1-4292-3719-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/psychology0000scha/page/264 }}</ref>

Human learning starts at birth (it might even start before<ref>{{Cite book|last=OECD|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSc3ugiJ-VsC&q=learning+before+birth&pg=PA165|title=Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science|date=2007|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=978-92-64-02913-2|pages=165}}</ref>) and continues until death as a consequence of ongoing interactions between people and their environment. The nature and processes involved in learning are studied in many established fields (including [[educational psychology]], [[neuropsychology]], [[experimental psychology]], [[cognitive science]]s, and [[pedagogy]]), as well as emerging fields of knowledge (e.g. with a shared interest in the topic of [[Safety|learning from safety events such as incidents/accidents]],<ref>Sujan, M. A., Huang, H., & Braithwaite, J. (2017). Learning from incidents in health care: critique from a Safety-II perspective. ''Safety Science'', ''99'', 115–121.</ref> or in collaborative learning health systems<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.10286| doi=10.1002/lrh2.10286| title=Collaborative learning health systems: Science and practice| year=2021| last1=Hartley| first1=David M.| last2=Seid| first2=Michael| journal=Learning Health Systems| volume=5| issue=3| pages=e10286| pmid=34277947| pmc=8278439}}</ref>). Research in such fields has led to the identification of various sorts of learning. For example, learning may occur as a result of [[habituation]], or [[classical conditioning]], [[operant conditioning]] or as a result of more complex activities such as [[play (activity)|play]], seen only in relatively intelligent animals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/1996/1/junglegyms.cfm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011051238/http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/1996/1/junglegyms.cfm|url-status=dead|title=Jungle Gyms: The Evolution of Animal Play|archivedate=October 11, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/behavior.php|title=What behavior can we expect of octopuses? |publisher= The Cephalopod Page|website=www.thecephalopodpage.org|access-date=4 May 2018|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005135515/http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/behavior.php|archive-date=5 October 2017}}</ref> Learning may occur [[conscious]]ly or without conscious awareness. Learning that an aversive event cannot be avoided or escaped may result in a condition called [[learned helplessness]].<ref>{{Britannica|1380861|Learned helplessness}}</ref> There is evidence for human behavioral learning [[prenatal]]ly, in which [[habituation]] has been observed as early as 32 weeks into [[gestation]], indicating that the [[central nervous system]] is sufficiently developed and primed for learning and [[memory]] to occur very early on in [[developmental psychology|development]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Sandman | first1 = Wadhwa | last2 = Hetrick | first2 = Porto | last3 = Peeke | year = 1997 | title = Human fetal heart rate dishabituation between thirty and thirty-two weeks gestation | journal = Child Development | volume = 68 | issue = 6| pages = 1031–1040 | doi=10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01982.x| pmid = 9418223 }}</ref>

Play has been approached by several theorists as a form of learning. Children experiment with the world, learn the rules, and learn to interact through play. [[Lev Vygotsky]] agrees that play is pivotal for children's development, since they make meaning of their environment through playing educational games. For Vygotsky, however, play is the first form of learning language and communication, and the stage where a child begins to understand rules and symbols.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Sheridan|first1=Mary|title=Play in Early Childhood: From Birth to Six Years|last2=Howard|first2=Justine|last3=Alderson|first3=Dawn|date=2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-83748-7|location=Oxon}}</ref> This has led to a view that learning in organisms is always related to [[semiosis]],<ref>Campbell, Cary; Olteanu, Alin; [[Kull, Kalevi]] 2019. [https://www.academia.edu/41969060/Learning_and_knowing_as_semiosis_Extending_the_conceptual_apparatus_of_semiotics Learning and knowing as semiosis: Extending the conceptual apparatus of semiotics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409140746/https://www.academia.edu/41969060/Learning_and_knowing_as_semiosis_Extending_the_conceptual_apparatus_of_semiotics |date=2022-04-09 }}. ''[[Sign Systems Studies]]'' 47(3/4): 352–381.</ref> and is often associated with representational systems/activity.<ref>Hutchins, E., 2014. The cultural ecosystem of human cognition. Philosophical Psychology 27(1), 34–49.</ref>

== Types ==
There are various functional categorizations of memory which have developed. Some memory researchers distinguish memory based on the relationship between the stimuli involved (associative vs non-associative) or based to whether the content can be communicated through language (declarative/explicit vs procedural/implicit). Some of these categories can, in turn, be parsed into sub-types. For instance, [[declarative memory]] comprises both [[Episodic memory|episodic]] and [[Semantic memory|semantic]] memory.
[[File:Children competition on side wheels in the eighties in Czechoslovakia.jpg|thumb|Children learn to bike in the eighties in Czechoslovakia.]]

=== Non-associative learning ===
''Non-associative learning'' refers to "a relatively permanent change in the strength of response to a single stimulus due to repeated exposure to that stimulus."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fuentes|first=Agustín|title=The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, 3 Volume Set|date=2017|publisher=Wiley Blackwell|isbn=978-0-470-67337-9|location=Malden, MA|pages=712}}</ref> This definition exempts the changes caused by [[sensory adaptation]], [[fatigue]], or injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://users.ipfw.edu/abbott/314/Non-associativeLearning.pdf |title=Non-associative Learning |access-date=2013-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103191805/http://users.ipfw.edu/abbott/314/Non-associativeLearning.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-03 }}</ref>

Non-associative learning can be divided into [[habituation]] and [[sensitization]].

==== Habituation ====
{{Main|Habituation}}
''Habituation'' is an example of non-associative learning in which one or more components of an innate response (e.g., response probability, response duration) to a stimulus diminishes when the stimulus is repeated. Thus, habituation must be distinguished from [[Extinction (psychology)|extinction]], which is an associative process. In operant extinction, for example, a response declines because it is no longer followed by a reward. An example of habituation can be seen in small song birds—if a stuffed [[owl]] (or similar [[predator]]) is put into the cage, the birds initially react to it as though it were a real predator. Soon the birds react less, showing habituation. If another stuffed owl is introduced (or the same one removed and re-introduced), the birds react to it again as though it were a predator, demonstrating that it is only a very specific stimulus that is habituated to (namely, one particular unmoving owl in one place). The habituation process is faster for stimuli that occur at a high rather than for stimuli that occur at a low rate as well as for the weak and strong stimuli, respectively.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Science of Learning|last=Pear|first=Joseph|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2014|isbn=978-1-317-76280-5|location=London|page=15}}</ref> Habituation has been shown in essentially every species of animal, as well as the sensitive plant ''[[Mimosa pudica]]''<ref name="gagliano2014">{{cite journal | last1 = Gagliano | first1 = M. | display-authors = etal | year = 2014 | title = Experience teaches plants to learn faster and forget slower in environments where it matters | journal = Oecologia | volume = 175 | issue = 1| pages = 63–72 | doi=10.1007/s00442-013-2873-7| pmid = 24390479 | bibcode = 2014Oecol.175...63G | s2cid = 5038227 }}</ref> and the large protozoan ''[[Stentor coeruleus]]''.<ref name="wood1988">{{cite journal | last1 = Wood | first1 = D.C. | year = 1988 | title = Habituation in ''Stentor'' produced by mechanoreceptor channel modification | pmid = 3249223 | journal = Journal of Neuroscience | issue = 7| volume = 8 | pages = 2254–8 | doi = 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.08-07-02254.1988 | pmc = 6569508 }}</ref> This concept acts in direct opposition to sensitization.<ref name=":0" />

==== Sensitization ====
{{Main|Sensitization}}
''Sensitization'' is an example of non-associative learning in which the progressive amplification of a response follows repeated administrations of a [[stimulation|stimulus]].<ref>Shettleworth, S. J. (2010). Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford.</ref> This is based on the notion that a defensive reflex to a stimulus such as withdrawal or escape becomes stronger after the exposure to a different harmful or threatening stimulus.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Neurosciences – From Molecule to Behavior|last1=Galizia|first1=Giovanni|last2=Lledo|first2=Pierre-Marie|publisher=Springer Spektrum|year=2013|isbn=978-3-642-10768-9|location=Heidelberg|page=578}}</ref> An everyday example of this mechanism is the repeated tonic stimulation of peripheral nerves that occurs if a person rubs their arm continuously. After a while, this stimulation creates a warm sensation that can eventually turn painful. This pain results from a progressively amplified synaptic response of the peripheral nerves. This sends a warning that the stimulation is harmful.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Woolf|first=Clifford J.|date=2018-02-27|title=Pain amplification-A perspective on the how, why, when, and where of central sensitization|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jabr.12124|journal=Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research|volume=23|issue=2|pages=e12124|doi=10.1111/jabr.12124|issn=1071-2089|url-access=subscription}}</ref>{{clarify|date=January 2011}} Sensitization is thought to underlie both adaptive as well as maladaptive learning processes in the organism.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bonne|first1=Omer|last2=Grillon|first2=Christian|last3=Vythilingam|first3=Meena|last4=Neumeister|first4=Alexander|last5=Charney|first5=Dennis S|date=March 2004|title=Adaptive and maladaptive psychobiological responses to severe psychological stress: implications for the discovery of novel pharmacotherapy|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2003.12.001|journal=Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews|volume=28|issue=1|pages=65–94|doi=10.1016/j.neubiorev.2003.12.001|pmid=15036934 |s2cid=23745725 |issn=0149-7634|url-access=subscription}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

=== Active learning ===
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''Active learning'' occurs when a person takes control of their learning experience. Since understanding information is the key aspect of learning, it is important for learners to recognize what they understand and what they do not. By doing so, they can monitor their own mastery of subjects. Active learning encourages learners to have an internal dialogue in which they verbalize understandings. This and other meta-cognitive strategies can be taught to a child over time. Studies within [[metacognition]] have proven the value in active learning, claiming that the learning is usually at a stronger level as a result.<ref>Bransford, 2000, pp. 15–20</ref> In addition, learners have more incentive to learn when they have control over not only how they learn but also what they learn.<ref>{{cite journal| url = https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/files/?whdmsaction=public:main.file&fileID=8113| title = Natural Learning in Higher Education| author = J. Scott Armstrong| journal = Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning| year = 2012|url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140916150012/https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/files/?whdmsaction=public:main.file&fileID=8113| archive-date = 2014-09-16}}</ref> Active learning is a key characteristic of [[student-centered learning]]. Conversely, [[passive learning]] and [[direct instruction]] are characteristics of teacher-centered learning (or [[traditional education]]).

=== Associative learning ===
''Associative learning'' is the process by which a person or animal learns an [[association (psychology)|association]] between two stimuli or events.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Discovery Series: Introduction to Psychology|last1=Plotnik|first1=Rod|last2=Kouyomdijan|first2=Haig|publisher=Wadsworth Cengage Learning|year=2012|isbn=978-1-111-34702-4|location=Belmont, CA|page=208}}</ref> In [[classical conditioning]], a previously neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with a reflex-eliciting stimulus until eventually the neutral stimulus elicits a response on its own. In operant conditioning, a behavior that is reinforced or punished in the presence of a stimulus becomes more or less likely to occur in the presence of that stimulus.

==== Operant conditioning ====
{{Main|Operant conditioning}}
''Operant conditioning'' is a way in which behavior can be shaped or modified according to the desires of the trainer or head individual. Operant conditioning uses the thought that living things seek pleasure and avoid pain, and that an animal or human can learn through receiving either reward or punishment at a specific time called trace conditioning. Trace conditioning is the small and ideal period of time between the subject performing the desired behavior, and receiving the positive reinforcement as a result of their performance. The reward needs to be given immediately after the completion of the wanted behavior.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bangasser |first1=Debra A. |last2=Waxler |first2=David E. |last3=Santollo |first3=Jessica |last4=Shors |first4=Tracey J. |date=2006-08-23 |title=Trace Conditioning and the Hippocampus: The Importance of Contiguity |journal=The Journal of Neuroscience |volume=26 |issue=34 |pages=8702–8706 |doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1742-06.2006 |issn=0270-6474 |pmc=3289537 |pmid=16928858}}</ref>

Operant conditioning is different from classical conditioning in that it shapes behavior not solely on bodily reflexes that occur naturally to a specific stimulus, but rather focuses on the shaping of wanted behavior that requires conscious thought, and ultimately requires learning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reflex Definition & Meaning {{!}} Britannica Dictionary |url=https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/reflex |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Punishment and reinforcement are the two principal ways in which operant conditioning occurs. Punishment is used to reduce unwanted behavior, and ultimately (from the learner's perspective) leads to avoidance of the punishment, not necessarily avoidance of the unwanted behavior. Punishment is not an appropriate way to increase wanted behavior for animals or humans. Punishment can be divided into two subcategories, positive punishment and negative punishment. Positive punishment is when an aversive aspect of life or thing is added to the subject, for this reason it is called positive punishment. For example, the parent spanking their child would be considered a positive punishment, because a spanking was added to the child. Negative punishment is considered the removal of something loved or desirable from the subject. For example, when a parent puts his child in time out, in reality, the child is losing the opportunity to be with friends, or to enjoy the freedom to do as he pleases. In this example, negative punishment is the removal of the child's desired rights to play with his friends etc.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Pryor |first=Karen |title=Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training |date=1999-08-03 |publisher=Bantam |isbn=978-0-553-38039-2 |edition=Revised |location=New York |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite book |last1=Chance |first1=Paul |url= |title=Learning and Behavior: Active Learning Edition |last2=Furlong |first2=Ellen |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-0-357-65811-6 |edition=8th |location=Boston, MA |language=English}}</ref>

Reinforcement on the other hand is used to increase a wanted behavior either through negative reinforcement or positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement is defined by removing an undesirable aspect of life, or thing. For example, a dog might learn to sit as the trainer scratches his ears, which ultimately is removing his itches (undesirable aspect). Positive reinforcement is defined by adding a desirable aspect of life or thing. For example, a dog might learn to sit if he receives a treat. In this example the treat was added to the dog's life.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />

==== Classical conditioning ====
{{Main|Classical conditioning}}
The typical paradigm for ''classical conditioning'' involves repeatedly pairing an unconditioned stimulus (which unfailingly evokes a reflexive response) with another previously neutral stimulus (which does not normally evoke the response). Following conditioning, the response occurs both to the unconditioned stimulus and to the other, unrelated stimulus (now referred to as the "conditioned stimulus"). The response to the conditioned stimulus is termed a ''conditioned response''. The classic example is [[Ivan Pavlov]] and his dogs.<ref name=":1" /> Pavlov fed his dogs meat powder, which naturally made the dogs salivate—salivating is a reflexive response to the meat powder. Meat powder is the unconditioned stimulus (US) and the salivation is the unconditioned response (UR). Pavlov rang a bell before presenting the meat powder. The first time Pavlov rang the bell, the neutral stimulus, the dogs did not salivate, but once he put the meat powder in their mouths they began to salivate. After numerous pairings of bell and food, the dogs learned that the bell signaled that food was about to come, and began to salivate when they heard the bell. Once this occurred, the bell became the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the salivation to the bell became the conditioned response (CR). Classical conditioning has been demonstrated in many species. For example, it is seen in honeybees, in the [[proboscis extension reflex]] paradigm.<ref name="bitterman">{{cite journal | last1 = Bitterman | display-authors = etal | year = 1983 | title = Classical Conditioning of Proboscis Extension in Honeybees (''Apis mellifera'') | journal = J. Comp. Psychol. | volume = 97 | issue = 2| pages = 107–119 | doi=10.1037/0735-7036.97.2.107| pmid = 6872507 }}</ref> It was recently also demonstrated in garden pea plants.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Gagliano|first1=Monica|last2=Vyazovskiy|first2=Vladyslav V.|last3=Borbély|first3=Alexander A.|last4=Grimonprez|first4=Mavra|last5=Depczynski|first5=Martial|date=2016-12-02|title=Learning by Association in Plants|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|page=38427|doi=10.1038/srep38427|issn=2045-2322|pmc=5133544|pmid=27910933|bibcode=2016NatSR...638427G}}</ref>

Another influential person in the world of classical conditioning is [[John B. Watson]]. Watson's work was very influential and paved the way for [[B.F. Skinner]]'s radical behaviorism. Watson's behaviorism (and philosophy of science) stood in direct contrast to Freud and other accounts based largely on introspection. Watson's view was that the introspective method was too subjective and that we should limit the study of human development to directly observable behaviors. In 1913, Watson published the article "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views", in which he argued that laboratory studies should serve psychology best as a science. Watson's most famous, and controversial, experiment was "[[Little Albert]]", where he demonstrated how psychologists can account for the learning of emotion through classical conditioning principles.

==== Observational learning ====
{{Main|Observational learning}}
''Observational learning'' is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others. It is a form of social learning which takes various forms, based on various processes. In humans, this form of learning seems to not need reinforcement to occur, but instead, requires a social model such as a parent, sibling, friend, or teacher with surroundings.

==== Imprinting ====
{{Main|Imprinting (psychology)}}
''Imprinting'' is a kind of learning occurring at a particular life stage that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior. In filial imprinting, young animals, particularly birds, form an association with another individual or in some cases, an object, that they respond to as they would to a parent. In 1935, the Austrian Zoologist Konrad Lorenz discovered that certain birds follow and form a bond if the object makes sounds.

=== Play ===
{{Main|Play (activity)}}
''Play'' generally describes behavior with no particular end in itself, but that improves performance in similar future situations. This is seen in a wide variety of vertebrates besides humans, but is mostly limited to [[mammal]]s and [[bird]]s. Cats are known to play with a ball of string when young, which gives them experience with catching prey. Besides inanimate objects, animals may play with other members of their own species or other animals, such as [[orca]]s playing with seals they have caught. Play involves a significant cost to animals, such as increased vulnerability to [[predator]]s and the risk of [[injury]] and possibly [[infection]]. It also consumes [[energy]], so there must be significant benefits associated with play for it to have evolved. Play is generally seen in younger animals, suggesting a link with learning. However, it may also have other benefits not associated directly with learning, for example improving [[physical fitness]].

Play, as it pertains to humans as a form of learning is central to a child's learning and development. Through play, children learn social skills such as sharing and collaboration. Children develop emotional skills such as learning to deal with the emotion of anger, through play activities. As a form of learning, play also facilitates the development of thinking and language skills in children.<ref name="Lillemyr, O.F. 2009">Lillemyr, O.F. (2009). Taking play seriously. Children and play in early childhood education: an exciting challenge. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.</ref>

There are five types of play:
# Sensorimotor play aka functional play, characterized by the repetition of an activity
# Roleplay occurs starting at the age of three
# Rule-based play where authoritative prescribed codes of conduct are primary
# Construction play involves experimentation and building
# Movement play aka physical play<ref name="Lillemyr, O.F. 2009"/>

These five types of play are often intersecting. All types of play generate thinking and [[problem-solving]] skills in children. Children learn to think creatively when they learn through play.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Whitebread | first1 = D. | last2 = Coltman | first2 = P. | last3 = Jameson | first3 = H. | last4 = Lander | first4 = R. | year = 2009 | title = Play, cognition and self-regulation: What exactly are children learning when they learn through play? | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232442434 | journal = Educational and Child Psychology | volume = 26 | issue = 2| pages = 40–52 | doi = 10.53841/bpsecp.2009.26.2.40 | s2cid = 150255306 }}</ref> Specific activities involved in each type of play change over time as humans progress through the lifespan. Play as a form of learning, can occur solitarily, or involve interacting with others.

=== Enculturation ===
{{Main|Enculturation}}
''Enculturation'' is the process by which people learn values and behaviors that are appropriate or necessary in their surrounding [[culture]].<ref name="GrusecHastings">Grusec, Joan E.; Hastings, Paul D. "Handbook of Socialization: Theory and Research", 2007, Guilford Press; {{ISBN|1-59385-332-7|978-1-59385-332-7}}; at p. 547.</ref> Parents, other adults, and peers shape the individual's understanding of these values.<ref name="GrusecHastings"/> If successful, enculturation results in competence in the language, values, and rituals of the culture.<ref name="GrusecHastings"/> This is different from [[acculturation]], where a person adopts the values and societal rules of a culture different from their native one.

Multiple examples of enculturation can be found cross-culturally. Collaborative practices in the Mazahua people have shown that participation in everyday interaction and later learning activities contributed to enculturation rooted in nonverbal social experience.<ref name="Paradise1994">{{cite journal|last1=Paradise|first1=Ruth|title=Interactional Style and Nonverbal Meaning: Mazahua Children Learning How to Be Separate-But-Together|journal=Anthropology & Education Quarterly|date=1994|doi=10.1525/aeq.1994.25.2.05x0907w|volume=25|issue=2|pages=156–172|s2cid=146505048 }}</ref> As the children participated in everyday activities, they learned the cultural significance of these interactions. The collaborative and helpful behaviors exhibited by Mexican and Mexican-heritage children is a cultural practice known as being "acomedido".<ref name=Lopez2012>{{cite journal|last1=Lopez|first1=Angelica|last2=Najafi|first2=Behnosh|last3=Rogoff|first3=Barbara|last4=Mejia-Arauz|first4=Rebeca|title=Collaboration and helping as cultural practices|journal=The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology|date=2012}}</ref> Chillihuani girls in Peru described themselves as weaving constantly, following behavior shown by the other adults.<ref name=Bolin>{{cite book|last1=Bolin|first1=Inge|title=Growing Up in a Culture of Respect: Childrearing in highland Peru|date=2006|publisher=University of Texas|location=Austin|isbn=978-0-292-71298-0|pages=90–99|edition=2}}</ref>

=== Episodic learning ===
''Episodic learning'' is a change in behavior that occurs as a result of an event.<ref>Terry, W.S. (2006). Learning and Memory: Basic principles, processes, and procedures. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.</ref> For example, a fear of dogs that follows being bitten by a dog is episodic learning. Episodic learning is so named because events are recorded into [[episodic memory]], which is one of the three forms of explicit learning and retrieval, along with perceptual memory and [[semantic memory]].<ref>Baars, B.J. & Gage, N.M. (2007). Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness: Introduction to cognitive neuroscience. London: Elsevier Ltd.</ref> Episodic memory remembers events and history that are embedded in experience and this is distinguished from semantic memory, which attempts to extract facts out of their experiential context<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling: ICCM – 2004|last1=Lovett|first1=Marsha|last2=Schunn|first2=Christian|last3=Lebiere|first3=Christian|last4=Munro|first4=Paul|publisher=Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers|year=2004|isbn=978-0-8058-5426-8|location=Mahwah, NJ|page=220}}</ref> or – as some describe – a timeless organization of knowledge.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Artificial Intelligence: Critical Concepts, Volume 1|last1=Chrisley|first1=Ronald|last2=Begeer|first2=Sander|publisher=Routledge|year=2000|isbn=978-0-415-19332-0|location=London|page=48}}</ref> For instance, if a person remembers the [[Grand Canyon National Park|Grand Canyon]] from a recent visit, it is an episodic memory. He would use semantic memory to answer someone who would ask him information such as where the Grand Canyon is. A study revealed that humans are very accurate in the recognition of episodic memory even without deliberate intention to memorize it.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience: A Beginner's Guide|last1=Gage|first1=Nicole|last2=Baars|first2=Bernard|publisher=Academic Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-12-803813-0|location=London|page=219}}</ref> This is said to indicate a very large storage capacity of the brain for things that people pay attention to.<ref name=":2" />

=== Multimedia learning ===
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''Multimedia learning'' is where a person uses both auditory and visual stimuli to learn information.<ref>{{Harv|Mayer|2001}}</ref> This type of learning relies on [[dual-coding theory]].<ref>{{Harv|Paivio|1971}}</ref>

=== E-learning and augmented learning ===
{{Main|Electronic learning}}
''Electronic learning'' or e-learning is computer-enhanced learning. A specific and always more diffused e-learning is [[mobile learning]] (m-learning), which uses different mobile telecommunication equipment, such as [[cellular phone]]s.

When a learner interacts with the e-learning environment, it is called [[augmented learning]]. By adapting to the needs of individuals, the context-driven instruction can be dynamically tailored to the learner's natural environment. Augmented digital content may include text, images, video, audio (music and voice). By personalizing instruction, augmented learning has been shown to improve learning performance for a lifetime.<ref name="Augmented Learning">[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1156186 Augmented Learning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313071206/https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1156068.1156186 |date=2020-03-13 }}, Augmented Learning: Context-Aware Mobile Augmented Reality Architecture for Learning</ref> See also [[minimally invasive education]].

Moore (1989)<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Moore | first1 = M | year = 1989 | title = Three types of interaction | journal = American Journal of Distance Education | volume = 3 | issue = 2| pages = 1–6 | doi=10.1080/08923648909526659| citeseerx = 10.1.1.491.4800 }}</ref> purported that three core types of interaction are necessary for quality, effective online learning:
* Learner–learner (i.e. communication between and among peers with or without the teacher present),
* Learner–instructor (i.e. student-teacher communication), and
* Learner–content (i.e. intellectually interacting with content that results in changes in learners' understanding, perceptions, and cognitive structures).
In his theory of transactional distance, Moore (1993)<ref>Moore, M.G. (1993). Theory of transactional distance. In D. Keegan (Ed.), Theoretical principles of distance education (pp. 22–38). London and New York: Routledge</ref> contented that structure and interaction or dialogue bridge the gap in understanding and communication that is created by geographical distances (known as transactional distance).

=== Rote learning ===
{{Main|Rote learning}}
''Rote learning'' is [[memorizing]] information so that it can be [[recollection|recalled]] by the learner exactly the way it was read or heard. The major technique used for rote learning is ''learning by repetition'', based on the idea that a learner can recall the material exactly (but not its meaning) if the information is repeatedly processed. Rote learning is used in diverse areas, from mathematics to music to religion.

=== Meaningful learning ===
{{See also|Deeper learning}}
''[[Meaningful learning]]'' is the concept that learned knowledge (e.g., a fact) is fully understood to the extent that it relates to other knowledge. To this end, meaningful learning contrasts with [[rote learning]] in which information is acquired without regard to understanding. Meaningful learning, on the other hand, implies there is a comprehensive knowledge of the context of the facts learned.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hassard|first=Jack|title=Backup of Meaningful Learning Model|url=http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/advorgbk02.htm|access-date=30 November 2011|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029042955/http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/advorgbk02.htm|archive-date=29 October 2011}}</ref>

===Evidence-based learning===
{{Main|Evidence-based learning}}
Evidence-based learning is the use of evidence from well designed scientific studies to accelerate learning. Evidence-based learning methods such as [[spaced repetition]] can increase the rate at which a student learns.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smolen |first1=Paul |last2=Zhang |first2=Yili |last3=Byrne |first3=John H. |title=The right time to learn: mechanisms and optimization of spaced learning |journal=Nature Reviews Neuroscience |date=25 January 2016 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=77–88 |doi=10.1038/nrn.2015.18 |pmid=26806627 |arxiv=1606.08370 |bibcode=2016arXiv160608370S |pmc=5126970}}</ref>

=== Formal learning ===
{{Main|Education}}
[[Image:Laurentius de Voltolina Vorlesung vor Studenten - Min 1233 - Kupferstichkabinett Berlin.jpg|right|thumb|A depiction of the world's oldest continually operating university, the [[University of Bologna]], Italy]]
''Formal learning'' is a deliberate way attaining of knowledge, which takes place within a teacher-student environment, such as in a school system or work environment.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2014-10-15 |title=What is the difference between "informal" and "non formal" learning? |url=http://www.competencecentre.eu/index.php/home/74-what-is-the-difference-between-qinformalq-and-qnon-formalq-learning |access-date=2023-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015103040/http://www.competencecentre.eu/index.php/home/74-what-is-the-difference-between-qinformalq-and-qnon-formalq-learning |archive-date=2014-10-15 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Glossary |url=https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/tools/vet-glossary/glossary |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=CEDEFOP |language=en}}</ref> The term formal learning has nothing to do with the formality of the learning, but rather the way it is directed and organized. In formal learning, the learning or training departments set out the goals and objectives of the learning and oftentimes learners will be awarded with a diploma, or a type of formal recognition.<ref name=":5" /><ref>Bell, J., and Dale, M., [http://www.knowledgejump.com/learning/informal.html " Informal Learning in the Workplace"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121140538/http://www.knowledgejump.com/learning/informal.html|date=2013-01-21}}, '' Department for Education and Employment Research Report No. 134. London, England: Department for Education and Employment'', August 1999</ref>

=== Non-formal learning ===
{{Main|Nonformal learning}}
''Non-formal learning'' is organized learning outside the formal learning system. For example, learning by coming together with people with similar interests and exchanging viewpoints, in clubs or in (international) youth organizations, and workshops. From the organizer's point of reference, non-formal learning does not always need a main objective or learning outcome. From the learner's point of view, non-formal learning, although not focused on outcomes, often results in an intentional learning opportunity.<ref name="competencecentre.eu">{{Cite web |date=2014-10-16 |title=What is the difference between "informal" and "non formal" learning? |url=http://www.competencecentre.eu/index.php/home/74-what-is-the-difference-between-qinformalq-and-qnon-formalq-learning |access-date=2023-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016214554/http://www.competencecentre.eu/index.php/home/74-what-is-the-difference-between-qinformalq-and-qnon-formalq-learning |archive-date=2014-10-16 }}</ref>

=== Informal learning ===
{{Main|Informal learning}}
''Informal learning'' is less structured than "non-formal learning". It may occur through the experience of day-to-day situations (for example, one would learn to look ahead while walking because of the possible dangers inherent in not paying attention to where one is going). It is learning from life, during a meal at the table with parents, during [[play (activity)|play]], and while exploring etc.. For the learner, informal learning is most often an experience of happenstance, and not a deliberately planned experience. Thus this does not require enrollment into any class. Unlike formal learning, informal learning typically does not lead to accreditation.<ref name="competencecentre.eu"/> Informal learning begins to unfold as the learner ponders his or her situation. This type of learning does not require a professor of any kind, and learning outcomes are unforeseen following the learning experience.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kyndt |first1=Eva |last2=Baert |first2=Herman |date=June 2013 |title=Antecedents of Employees' Involvement in Work-Related Learning: A Systematic Review |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/0034654313478021 |journal=Review of Educational Research |language=en |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=273–313 |doi=10.3102/0034654313478021 |s2cid=145446612 |issn=0034-6543|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Informal learning is self-directed and because it focuses on day-to-day situations, the value of informal learning can be considered high. As a result, information retrieved from informal learning experiences will likely be applicable to daily life.<ref name=":6" /> Children with informal learning can at times yield stronger support than subjects with formal learning in the topic of mathematics.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Dunst |first1=Carl J. |title=Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Home and Family Experiences and Young Children's Early Numeracy Learning |date=2017 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-10-2553-2_7 |work=Engaging Families as Children's First Mathematics Educators |pages=105–125 |editor-last=Phillipson |editor-first=Sivanes |access-date=2023-06-29 |place=Singapore |publisher=Springer Singapore |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-2553-2_7 |isbn=978-981-10-2551-8 |last2=Hamby |first2=Deborah W. |last3=Wilkie |first3=Helen |last4=Dunst |first4=Kerran Scott |series=Early Mathematics Learning and Development |editor2-last=Gervasoni |editor2-first=Ann |editor3-last=Sullivan |editor3-first=Peter|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Daily life experiences take place in the workforce, family life, and any other situation that may arise during one's lifetime. Informal learning is voluntary from the learner's viewpoint, and may require making mistakes and learning from them. Informal learning allows the individual to discover coping strategies for difficult emotions that may arise while learning. From the learner's perspective, informal learning can become purposeful, because the learner chooses which rate is appropriate to learn and because this type of learning tends to take place within smaller groups or by oneself.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last1=Decius |first1=Julian |last2=Schaper |first2=Niclas |last3=Seifert |first3=Andreas |date=December 2019 |title=Informal workplace learning: Development and validation of a measure |journal=Human Resource Development Quarterly |language=en |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=495–535 |doi=10.1002/hrdq.21368 |s2cid=201376378 |issn=1044-8004|doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Nonformal learning and combined approaches ===
The educational system may use a combination of formal, informal, and nonformal learning methods. The UN and EU recognize these different forms of learning (cf. links below). In some schools, students can get points that count in the formal-learning systems if they get work done in informal-learning circuits. They may be given time to assist international youth workshops and training courses, on the condition they prepare, contribute, share, and can prove this offered valuable new insight, helped to acquire new skills, a place to get experience in organizing, [[teaching]], etc.

To learn a skill, such as solving a [[Rubik's Cube]] quickly, several factors come into play at once:
* Reading directions helps a player learn the patterns that solve the Rubik's Cube.
* Practicing the moves repeatedly helps build "[[muscle memory]]" and speed.
* Thinking critically about moves helps find shortcuts, which speeds future attempts.
* Observing the Rubik's Cube's six colors help anchor solutions in the mind.
* Revisiting the cube occasionally helps retain the skill.

=== Tangential learning ===
''Tangential learning'' is the process by which people [[self-education|self-educate]] if a topic is exposed to them in a context that they already enjoy. For example, after playing a music-based video game, some people may be motivated to learn how to play a real instrument, or after watching a TV show that references Faust and Lovecraft, some people may be inspired to read the original work.<ref>Tangential Learning {{cite web |url=http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/tangential-learning |title=Penny Arcade – PATV – Tangential Learning |access-date=2012-01-31 |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104053746/http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/tangential-learning |archive-date=2012-01-04 }}</ref> Self-education can be improved with systematization. According to experts in natural learning, self-oriented learning training has proven an effective tool for assisting independent learners with the natural phases of learning.<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=marketing_papers | title = The Natural Learning Project | author = J. Scott Armstrong | journal = Journal of Experiential Learning and Simulation | volume = 1 | pages = 5–12 | year = 1979 |url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141019092456/http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=marketing_papers | archive-date = 2014-10-19 }}</ref>

''[[Extra Credits]]'' writer and game designer James Portnow was the first to suggest games as a potential venue for "tangential learning".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Robert|first=Rath|date=2015-01-22|title=Game Criticism as Tangential Learning Facilitator: The Case of Critical Intel|url=http://gamescriticism.org/articles/rath-2-1/|journal=Journal of Games Criticism|language=en-US|volume=2|issue=1|access-date=2018-06-08|archive-date=2023-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419044808/http://gamescriticism.org/articles/rath-2-1/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mozelius ''et al.''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mozelius |display-authors=etal |title=Motivating Factors and Tangential Learning for Knowledge Acquisition in Educational Games|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1154724.pdf|journal=The Electronic Journal of e-Learning|volume= 15| issue = 4 2017}}</ref> points out that intrinsic integration of learning content seems to be a crucial design factor, and that games that include modules for further self-studies tend to present good results. The built-in encyclopedias in the ''[[Civilization (series)|Civilization]]'' games are presented as an example – by using these modules gamers can dig deeper for knowledge about historical events in the gameplay. The importance of rules that regulate learning modules and game experience is discussed by Moreno, C.,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Moreno|first=Carlos|year=2014|title=Kiwaka {{!}} Kiwaka Story (by LANDKA ®)|url=http://www.lifeplay.es/volumen3/Analisis/067_070_RAMIREZ_MORENO_Analisis.pdf|journal=LifePlay|volume=3}}</ref> in a case study about the mobile game [[Kiwaka]]. In this game, developed by [[Landka]] in collaboration with [[ESA]] and [[European Southern Observatory|ESO]], progress is rewarded with educational content, as opposed to traditional [[Educational game|education games]] where learning activities are rewarded with gameplay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann14046/|title=New App Kiwaka Features ESO Material|last=European Southern Observatory|website=www.eso.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://landka.com/documents/10/Kiwaka-PressRelease.pdf|title=Kiaka Press Release|last=Landka|year=2014|website=landka.com/documents/10/Kiwaka-PressRelease.pdf|access-date=2018-06-10|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803022811/http://landka.com/documents/10/Kiwaka-PressRelease.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Dialogic learning ===
{{Main|Dialogic learning}}
''Dialogic learning'' is a type of learning based on dialogue.

=== Incidental learning ===
In ''incidental teaching'' learning is not planned by the instructor or the student, it occurs as a byproduct of another activity — an experience, observation, self-reflection, interaction, unique event (e.g. in response to incidents/accidents), or common routine task. This learning happens in addition to or apart from the instructor's plans and the student's expectations. An example of incidental teaching is when the instructor places a train set on top of a cabinet. If the child points or walks towards the cabinet, the instructor prompts the student to say "train". Once the student says "train", he gets access to the train set.

Here are some steps most commonly used in incidental teaching:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nspt4kids.com/healthtopics-and-conditions-database/incidental-teaching/|title=What is incidental teaching?|year=2017|website=North Shore Pediatric Therapy, Illinois|access-date=August 29, 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829204217/http://nspt4kids.com/healthtopics-and-conditions-database/incidental-teaching/|archive-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref>
* An instructor will arrange the learning environment so that necessary materials are within the student's sight, but not within his reach, thus impacting his motivation to seek out those materials.
* An instructor waits for the student to initiate engagement.
* An instructor prompts the student to respond if needed.
* An instructor allows access to an item/activity contingent on a correct response from the student.
* The instructor fades out the prompting process over a period of time and subsequent trials.

Incidental learning is an occurrence that is not generally accounted for using the traditional methods of instructional objectives and outcomes assessment. This type of learning occurs in part as a product of social interaction and active involvement in both online and onsite courses. Research implies that some un-assessed aspects of onsite and online learning challenge the equivalency of education between the two modalities. Both onsite and online learning have distinct advantages with traditional on-campus students experiencing higher degrees of incidental learning in three times as many areas as online students. Additional research is called for to investigate the implications of these findings both conceptually and pedagogically.<ref>{{cite thesis|last1=Konetes|first1=George|title=The Effects of Distance Education and Student Involvement on Incidental Learning |type=PhD dissertation |publisher=Indiana University of Pennsylvania |date=2011|page=115|url=https://dspace.iup.edu/bitstream/handle/2069/477/George%20Konetes.pdf?sequence=1|access-date=2014-07-12|ref=Incidental Learning|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130414/https://dspace.iup.edu/bitstream/handle/2069/477/George%20Konetes.pdf?sequence=1|archive-date=2014-07-14 |id={{ERIC|ED535973}} {{ProQuest|909895728}} }}</ref>

== Domains ==
[[File:France in XXI Century. School.jpg|thumb|''Future school'' (1901 or 1910)]]
[[Benjamin Bloom]] has suggested three domains of learning in [[Bloom's taxonomy|his taxonomy]] which are:
* [[Cognitive]]: To recall, calculate, discuss, analyze, problem solve, etc.
* [[Psychomotor learning|Psychomotor]]: To dance, swim, ski, dive, drive a car, ride a bike, etc.
* [[Affective]]: To like something or someone, love, appreciate, fear, hate, worship, etc.

These domains are not mutually exclusive. For example, in learning to play [[chess]], the person must learn the rules (cognitive domain)—but must also learn how to set up the chess pieces and how to properly hold and move a chess piece (psychomotor). Furthermore, later in the game the person may even learn to love the game itself, value its applications in life, and appreciate its [[history of chess|history]] (affective domain).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessballs.com/bloomstaxonomyoflearningdomains.htm|title=Bloom's Taxonomy|website=www.businessballs.com|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>

== Transfer ==
[[Transfer of learning]] is the application of skill, knowledge or understanding to resolve a novel problem or situation that happens when certain conditions are fulfilled. Research indicates that learning transfer is infrequent; most common when "... cued, primed, and guided..."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Perkins|first=D.N.|author2=Salomon, G. |title=Are Cognitive Skills Context-Bound?|journal=Educational Researcher|date=Jan–Feb 1989|volume=18|issue=1|pages=16–25 [19]|doi=10.3102/0013189x018001016|s2cid=15890041}}</ref> and has sought to clarify what it is, and how it might be promoted through instruction.

Over the history of its discourse, various hypotheses and definitions have been advanced. First, it is speculated that different types of transfer exist, including: near transfer, the application of skill to solve a novel problem in a similar context; and far transfer, the application of skill to solve a novel problem presented in a different context.<ref>{{cite book|last=Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research|title=Chapter 3. Learning and Transfer. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition|year=2000|publisher=The National Academies Press|doi=10.17226/9853 |isbn=978-0-309-07036-2 |url=http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9853|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426234827/http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9853|archive-date=2013-04-26}}</ref> Furthermore, Perkins and Salomon (1992) suggest that positive transfer in cases when learning supports novel problem solving, and negative transfer occurs when prior learning inhibits performance on highly correlated tasks, such as second or third-language learning.<ref name="Perkins">{{cite journal|last=Perkins|first=D.N.|author2=Salomon, G. |title=Transfer of Learning|journal=International Encyclopedia of Education|year=1992|volume=2}}</ref> Concepts of positive and negative transfer have a long history; researchers in the early 20th century described the possibility that "...habits or mental acts developed by a particular kind of training may inhibit rather than facilitate other mental activities".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rogers|first=Agnes L.|title=The Bearing of the New Psychology upon the Teaching of Mathematics|journal=Teacher's College Record|year=1916|volume=17|issue=4 |pages=344–352|doi=10.1177/016146811601700413 |s2cid=251487440 }}</ref> Finally, Schwarz, Bransford and Sears (2005) have proposed that transferring knowledge into a situation may differ from transferring knowledge out to a situation as a means to reconcile findings that transfer may both be frequent and challenging to promote.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schwartz |first1=Daniel L. |first2=John D. |last2=Bransford |first3=David |last3=Sears |title=Efficiency and innovation in transfer |journal=Transfer of Learning from a Modern Multidisciplinary Perspective |year=2005|pages=1–15}}</ref>

A significant and long research history has also attempted to explicate the conditions under which transfer of learning might occur. Early research by Ruger, for example, found that the "level of attention", "attitudes", "method of attack" (or method for tackling a problem), a "search for new points of view", a "careful testing of hypothesis" and "generalization" were all valuable approaches for promoting transfer.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ruger|first=Henry Alfred|title=The psychology of efficiency: an experimental study of the processes involved in the solution of mechanical puzzles and in the acquisition of skill in their manipulation|journal=Science Press|year=1910|volume=19|issue=2}}</ref> To encourage transfer through teaching, Perkins and Salomon recommend aligning ("hugging") instruction with practice and assessment, and "bridging", or encouraging learners to reflect on past experiences or make connections between prior knowledge and current content.<ref name="Perkins" />

== Factors affecting learning ==
{{main|Learning theory (education)}}

===Instructional techniques===
{{Main|Instructional theory}}
Certain techniques and factors can affect [[Long-term memory|long-term retention]]:<ref>[https://think.kera.org/2017/04/11/the-science-of-learning/ The Science Of Learning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517050341/https://think.kera.org/2017/04/11/the-science-of-learning/ |date=2022-05-17 }} – April 11, 2017 (podcast interview with Ulrich Boser)</ref>
* The [[spacing effect]] means that lessons or studying spaced out over time ([[spaced repetition]]) are better than [[Cramming (education)|cramming]] due to the [[forgetting curve]].
* [[Desirable difficulty]]
* [[Learning by teaching]]
* "Self-explaining" (paraphrasing material to oneself) rather than passive reading
* [[Testing effect]] and low-stakes [[quizzing]]

=== Genetics ===
{{main|Heritability of IQ}}
Some aspects of intelligence are inherited genetically, so different learners to some degree have different abilities with regard to learning and speed of learning.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

=== Socioeconomic and physical conditions ===

Problems like [[malnutrition]], [[fatigue]], and poor physical health can slow learning, as can bad ventilation or poor lighting at home, and unhygienic living conditions.<ref name="Ref 1">{{cite book|last1=Mangal|first1=S.K.|title=Essentials of Educational Psychology|year= 2007|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd|isbn= 978-81-203-3055-9|page=736}}</ref><ref name="Ref 2">{{cite book|last1=Aggarwal|first1=J.C|title=Essentials Of Educational Psychology|year= 2009|publisher=Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd|isbn= 978-81-259-2292-6|page=596|edition=Second}}</ref>

The design, quality, and setting of a [[learning space]], such as a school or classroom, can each be critical to the success of a [[learning environment]]. Size, configuration, comfort—fresh air, temperature, light, acoustics, furniture—can all affect a student's learning. The tools used by both instructors and students directly affect how information is conveyed, from the display and writing surfaces (blackboards, markerboards, tack surfaces) to digital technologies. For example, if a room is too crowded, stress levels rise, student attention is reduced, and furniture arrangement is restricted. If furniture is incorrectly arranged, sightlines to the instructor or instructional material are limited and the ability to suit the learning or lesson style is restricted. Aesthetics can also play a role, for if student morale suffers, so does motivation to attend school.<ref>[http://www.edutopia.org/article/new-teachers-designing-classroom-learning-environment-resources ''New Teachers: Designing Learning Environments'', May 7, 2015] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328041804/http://www.edutopia.org/article/new-teachers-designing-classroom-learning-environment-resources |date=March 28, 2016 }}. Retrieved 2016-03-19</ref><ref>[http://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-physical-environment-of-classrooms-mark-phillips ''A Place for Learning: The Physical Environment of Classrooms'', Mark Phillips, May 20, 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313091539/http://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-physical-environment-of-classrooms-mark-phillips |date=March 13, 2016 }}. Retrieved 2016-03-19</ref>

=== Psychological factors ===

[[Intrinsic motivation]], such as a student's own intellectual curiosity or desire to experiment or explore, has been found to sustain learning more effectively than extrinsic motivations such as grades or parental requirements. [[Rote learning]] involves repetition in order to reinforce facts in memory, but has been criticized as ineffective and "[[drill and kill]]" since it kills intrinsic motivation.  Alternatives to rote learning include [[active learning]] and [[meaningful learning]].

The speed, accuracy, and retention, depend upon [[aptitude]], [[Attitude (psychology)|attitude]], interest, attention, energy level, and [[Motivation#Applications in education|motivation]] of the students. Students who answer a question properly or give good results should be praised. This encouragement increases their ability and helps them produce better results. Certain attitudes, such as always finding fault in a student's answer or provoking or embarrassing the student in front of a class are counterproductive.<ref name="Ref 3">{{cite book|last1=Mangal|first1=SK|title=Advanced Educational Psychology|year=2002|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-203-2038-3|page=536|edition=Second}}</ref><ref name="Ref 4">{{cite book|last1=Bhatia|first1=H.R|title=Elements Of Educational Psychology|year=1973|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn= 978-81-250-0029-7|page=558}}</ref>{{request quotation|date=March 2022}}

===Epigenetic factors===
{{Further|Epigenetics in learning and memory}}
The underlying molecular basis of learning appears to be dynamic changes in [[gene expression]] occurring in [[brain]] [[neuron]]s that are introduced by [[epigenetic]] mechanisms.  Epigenetic regulation of gene expression involves, most notably, chemical modification of [[DNA]] or DNA-associated [[histone]] proteins.  These chemical modifications can cause long-lasting changes in gene expression. Epigenetic mechanisms involved in learning include the [[DNA methylation|methylation]] and [[DNA demethylation|demethylation]] of neuronal DNA as well as [[histone methylation|methylation]], [[histone acetylation and deacetylation|acetylation and deacetylation of neuronal histone proteins]].

During learning, information processing in the brain involves induction of [[DNA oxidation|oxidative modification in neuronal DNA]] followed by the employment of [[DNA repair]] processes that introduce epigenetic alterations.  In particular, the DNA repair processes of [[non-homologous end joining]] and [[base excision repair]] are employed in learning and memory formation.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Li | first1 = X | last2 = Marshall | first2 = PR | last3 = Leighton | first3 = LJ | last4 = Zajaczkowski | first4 = EL | last5 = Wang | first5 = Z | last6 = Madugalle | first6 = SU | last7 = Yin | first7 = J | last8 = Bredy | first8 = TW | last9 = Wei | first9 = W | year = 2019 | title = The DNA Repair-Associated Protein Gadd45γ Regulates the Temporal Coding of Immediate Early Gene Expression within the Prelimbic Prefrontal Cortex and Is Required for the Consolidation of Associative Fear Memory | journal = J Neurosci | volume = 39 | issue = 6| pages = 970–983 | doi = 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2024-18.2018 | pmid = 30545945 | pmc = 6363930 }} Erratum in: {{cite journal | pmid = 30545945 | doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2024-18.2018 | volume=39 | title=The DNA Repair-Associated Protein Gadd45γ Regulates the Temporal Coding of Immediate Early Gene Expression within the Prelimbic Prefrontal Cortex and Is Required for the Consolidation of Associative Fear Memory | pmc=6363930 | year=2019 | journal=J Neurosci | pages=970–983 | last1 = Li | first1 = X | last2 = Marshall | first2 = PR | last3 = Leighton | first3 = LJ | last4 = Zajaczkowski | first4 = EL | last5 = Wang | first5 = Z | last6 = Madugalle | first6 = SU | last7 = Yin | first7 = J | last8 = Bredy | first8 = TW | last9 = Wei | first9 = W| issue=6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Brito | first1 = David V.C. | last2 = Kupke | first2 = Janina | last3 = Gulmez Karaca | first3 = Kubra | last4 = Zeuch | first4 = Benjamin | last5 = Oliveira | first5 = Ana M.M. | year = 2020| title = Mimicking Age-Associated Gadd45γ Dysregulation Results in Memory Impairments in Young Adult Mice | journal = J Neurosci | volume = 40 | issue = 6| pages = 1197–1210 | doi = 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1621-19.2019 | pmid = 31826946 | pmc = 7002144 }}</ref>

===General cognition-related factors===
{{Excerpt|Development of the nervous system in humans|Adult neural development|paragraphs=2}}

===Adult learning vs children's learning===
{{See also|Aging brain}}
Learning is often [[Development of the nervous system in humans|more efficient]] in [[children]] and takes longer or is more difficult with [[aging|age]]. A study using [[neuroimaging]] identified rapid [[neurotransmitter]] [[GABA]] boosting as a major potential explanation-component for why that is.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brain scans shed light on how kids learn faster than adults |url=https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2022/11/17/brain-scans-children-learn/9721668697147/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=UPI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Frank |first1=Sebastian M. |last2=Becker |first2=Markus |last3=Qi |first3=Andrea |last4=Geiger |first4=Patricia |last5=Frank |first5=Ulrike I. |last6=Rosedahl |first6=Luke A. |last7=Malloni |first7=Wilhelm M. |last8=Sasaki |first8=Yuka |last9=Greenlee |first9=Mark W. |last10=Watanabe |first10=Takeo |title=Efficient learning in children with rapid GABA boosting during and after training |journal=Current Biology |date=5 December 2022 |volume=32 |issue=23 |pages=5022–5030.e7 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.021 |pmid=36384138 |language=English |issn=0960-9822|biorxiv=10.1101/2022.01.02.474022|s2cid=253571891|doi-access=free |bibcode=2022CBio...32E5022F }}</ref>

Children's brains contain more "[[silent synapse]]s" that are inactive [[Connectome|until recruited]] as part of [[neuroplasticity]] and flexible learning or [[memory|memories]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lloreda |first1=Claudia López |title=Adult mouse brains are teeming with 'silent synapses' |work=Science News |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/adult-mouse-brains-silent-synapses-memories |access-date=18 December 2022 |date=16 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vardalaki |first1=Dimitra |last2=Chung |first2=Kwanghun |last3=Harnett |first3=Mark T. |title=Filopodia are a structural substrate for silent synapses in adult neocortex |journal=Nature |date=December 2022 |volume=612 |issue=7939 |pages=323–327 |doi=10.1038/s41586-022-05483-6 |pmid=36450984 |bibcode=2022Natur.612..323V |s2cid=254122483 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05483-6 |language=en |issn=1476-4687|url-access=subscription}}
* University press release: {{cite news |last1=Trafton |first1=Anne |title=Silent synapses are abundant in the adult brain |url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-11-silent-synapses-abundant-adult-brain.html |access-date=18 December 2022 |work=Massachusetts Institute of Technology via medicalxpress.com |language=en}}</ref> Neuroplasticity is heightened during critical or sensitive periods of brain development, mainly referring to brain development during [[child development]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ismail |first1=Fatima Yousif |last2=Fatemi |first2=Ali |last3=Johnston |first3=Michael V. |title=Cerebral plasticity: Windows of opportunity in the developing brain |journal=European Journal of Paediatric Neurology |date=1 January 2017 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=23–48 |doi=10.1016/j.ejpn.2016.07.007 |pmid=27567276 |language=English |issn=1090-3798}}</ref>

However researchers, after subjecting late middle aged participants to university courses, suggest perceived age differences in learning may be a result of differences in time, support, environment, and attitudes, rather than inherent ability.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/lifelong-learning |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.apa.org|title=You can learn new things at any age}}</ref>

What humans learn at the early stages, and what they learn to apply, sets humans on course for life or has a disproportional impact.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Buxton |first1=Alex |title=What Happens in the Brain When Children Learn? |url=https://neurosciencenews.com/child-learning-prefrontal-lobe-3622/ |website=Neuroscience News |access-date=11 January 2023 |date=10 February 2016}}</ref> Adults usually have a higher capacity to select what they learn, to what extent and how. For example, children may learn [[Education#Development|the given subjects and topics of school curricula via classroom blackboard-transcription handwriting]], instead of being able to choose specific topics/skills or jobs to learn and the styles of learning. For instance, children may not have developed consolidated interests, ethics, interest in purpose and meaningful activities, knowledge about real-world requirements and demands, and priorities.

== In animal evolution ==
Animals gain knowledge in two ways. First is learning—in which an animal gathers information about its environment and uses this information. For example, if an animal eats something that hurts its stomach, it learns not to eat that again. The second is innate knowledge that is genetically inherited. An example of this is when a horse is born and can immediately walk. The horse has not learned this behavior; it simply knows how to do it.<ref name="Dunlap"><{{cite thesis |author=Aimee Sue Dunlap-Lehtilä |url=http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/51978/1/DunlapLehtila_umn_0130E_10349.pdf |title=Change and Reliability in the Evolution of Learning and Memory |access-date=2013-12-15 |type=PhD |publisher=University of Minnesota |archive-date=2013-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113233355/http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/51978/1/DunlapLehtila_umn_0130E_10349.pdf}}></ref> In some scenarios, [[Instinct|innate knowledge]] is more beneficial than learned knowledge. However, in other scenarios the opposite is true—animals must learn certain behaviors when it is disadvantageous to have a specific innate behavior. In these situations, learning [[Evolution|evolves]] in the species.

=== Costs and benefits of learned and innate knowledge ===
In a changing environment, an animal must constantly gain new information to survive. However, in a stable environment, this same individual needs to gather the information it needs once, and then rely on it for the rest of its life. Therefore, different scenarios better suit either learning or innate knowledge.
Essentially, the cost of obtaining certain knowledge versus the benefit of already having it determines whether an animal evolved to learn in a given situation, or whether it innately knew the information. If the cost of gaining the knowledge outweighs the benefit of having it, then the animal does not evolve to learn in this scenario—but instead, non-learning evolves. However, if the benefit of having certain information outweighs the cost of obtaining it, then the animal is far more likely to evolve to have to learn this information.<ref name="Dunlap" />

Non-learning is more likely to evolve in two scenarios. If an environment is static and change does not or rarely occurs, then learning is simply unnecessary. Because there is no need for learning in this scenario—and because learning could prove disadvantageous due to the time it took to learn the information—non-learning evolves. Similarly, if an environment is in a constant state of change, learning is also disadvantageous, as anything learned is immediately irrelevant because of the changing environment.<ref name="Dunlap" /> The learned information no longer applies. Essentially, the animal would be just as successful if it took a guess as if it learned. In this situation, non-learning evolves. In fact, a study of ''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'' showed that learning can actually lead to a decrease in productivity, possibly because egg-laying behaviors and decisions were impaired by interference from the memories gained from the newly learned materials or because of the cost of energy in learning.<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.005 | volume=68 | issue=3 | title=An operating cost of learning in Drosophila melanogaster | journal=Animal Behaviour | pages=589–598| year=2004 | last1=Mery | first1=Frederic | last2=Kawecki | first2=Tadeusz J. | s2cid=53168227 | url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/4149/files/1_kawecki_ocl.pdf }}</ref>

However, in environments where change occurs within an animal's lifetime but is not constant, learning is more likely to evolve. Learning is beneficial in these scenarios because an animal can [[Adaptation|adapt]] to the new situation, but can still apply the knowledge that it learns for a somewhat extended period of time. Therefore, learning increases the chances of success as opposed to guessing.<ref name="Dunlap" /> An example of this is seen in aquatic environments with landscapes subject to change. In these environments, learning is favored because the fish are predisposed to learn the specific spatial cues where they live.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Odling-Smee | first1 = L. | last2 = Braithwaite | first2 = V.A. | year = 2003 | title = The role of learning in fish orientation | journal = Fish and Fisheries | volume = 4 | issue = 3| pages = 235–246 | doi = 10.1046/j.1467-2979.2003.00127.x | bibcode = 2003FiFi....4..235O}}</ref>

== In plants ==
In recent years, plant physiologists have examined the physiology of plant behavior and cognition. The concepts of learning and memory are relevant in identifying how plants respond to external cues, a behavior necessary for survival. [[Monica Gagliano]], an Australian professor of evolutionary ecology, makes an argument for associative learning in the garden pea, ''Pisum sativum''. The garden pea is not specific to a region, but rather grows in cooler, higher altitude climates. Gagliano and colleagues' 2016 paper aims to differentiate between innate phototropism behavior and learned behaviors.<ref name=":3" /> Plants use light cues in various ways, such as to sustain their metabolic needs and to maintain their internal circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythms in plants are modulated by endogenous bioactive substances that encourage leaf-opening and leaf-closing and are the basis of nyctinastic behaviors.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ueda|first=Minoru|date=2007|title=Endogenous factors involved in the regulation of movement and "memory" in plants|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d623/5e4ebd0ff824a4a8599aab9ea55201cf250c.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606163121/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d623/5e4ebd0ff824a4a8599aab9ea55201cf250c.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-06|journal=Pure Appl. Chem.|volume=79|issue=4|pages=519–527|via=Semantic Scholar|doi=10.1351/pac200779040519|s2cid=35797968}}</ref>

Gagliano and colleagues constructed a classical conditioning test in which pea seedlings were divided into two experimental categories and placed in Y-shaped tubes.<ref name=":3" /> In a series of training sessions, the plants were exposed to light coming down different arms of the tube. In each case, there was a fan blowing lightly down the tube in either the same or opposite arm as the light. The unconditioned stimulus (US) was the predicted occurrence of light and the conditioned stimulus (CS) was the wind blowing by the fan. Previous experimentation shows that plants respond to light by bending and growing towards it through differential cell growth and division on one side of the plant stem mediated by auxin signaling pathways.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liscum|first=Emmanuel|date=January 2014|title=Phototropism: Growing towards an Understanding of Plant Movement|journal=Plant Cell|volume=1|issue=1|pages=38–55|pmc=3963583|pmid=24481074|doi=10.1105/tpc.113.119727|bibcode=2014PlanC..26...38L }}</ref>

During the testing phase of Gagliano's experiment, the pea seedlings were placed in different Y-pipes and exposed to the fan alone. Their direction of growth was subsequently recorded. The 'correct' response by the seedlings was deemed to be growing into the arm where the light was "predicted" from the previous day. The majority of plants in both experimental conditions grew in a direction consistent with the predicted location of light based on the position of the fan the previous day.<ref name=":3" /> For example, if the seedling was trained with the fan and light coming down the same arm of the Y-pipe, the following day the seedling grew towards the fan in the absence of light cues despite the fan being placed in the opposite side of the Y-arm. Plants in the control group showed no preference to a particular arm of the Y-pipe. The percentage difference in population behavior observed between the control and experimental groups is meant to distinguish innate phototropism behavior from active associative learning.<ref name=":3" />

While the physiological mechanism of associative learning in plants is not known, Telewski et al. describes a hypothesis that describes photoreception as the basis of mechano-perception in plants.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Telewski|first=FW|date=October 2006|title=A unified hypothesis of mechanoreception in plants.|journal=American Journal of Botany|volume=93|issue=10|pages=1466–76|pmid=21642094|doi=10.3732/ajb.93.10.1466|doi-access=free}}</ref> One mechanism for mechano-perception in plants relies on MS ion channels and calcium channels. Mechanosensory proteins in cell lipid bilayers, known as MS ion channels, are activated once they are physically deformed in response to pressure or tension. Ca2+ permeable ion channels are "stretch-gated" and allow for the influx of osmolytes and calcium, a well-known second messenger, into the cell. This ion influx triggers a passive flow of water into the cell down its osmotic gradient, effectively increasing turgor pressure and causing the cell to depolarize.<ref name=":4" /> Gagliano hypothesizes that the basis of associative learning in ''Pisum sativum'' is the coupling of mechanosensory and photosensory pathways and is mediated by auxin signaling pathways. The result is directional growth to maximize a plant's capture of sunlight.<ref name=":3" />

Gagliano et al. published another paper on habituation behaviors in the ''mimosa pudica'' plant whereby the innate behavior of the plant was diminished by repeated exposure to a stimulus.<ref name="gagliano2014" /> There has been controversy around this paper and more generally around the topic of plant cognition. Charles Abrahmson, a psychologist and behavioral biologist, says that part of the issue of why scientists disagree about whether plants have the ability to learn is that researchers do not use a consistent definition of "learning" and "cognition".<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Abramson|first1=Charles I.|last2=Chicas-Mosier|first2=Ana M.|date=2016-03-31|title=Learning in Plants: Lessons from Mimosa pudica|journal=Frontiers in Psychology|volume=7|pages=417|doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00417|pmid=27065905|issn=1664-1078|pmc=4814444|doi-access=free }}</ref> Similarly, Michael Pollan, an author, and journalist, says in his piece ''The Intelligent Plant'' that researchers do not doubt Gagliano's data but rather her language, specifically her use of the term "learning" and "cognition" with respect to plants.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/the-intelligent-plant|title=The Intelligent Plant|last=Pollan|first=Michael|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2013-12-16|access-date=2019-06-06|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> A direction for future research is testing whether circadian rhythms in plants modulate learning and behavior and surveying researchers' definitions of "cognition" and "learning".

== Machine learning ==
{{Main|Machine learning}}
[[File:Evolution-of-Adaptive-Behaviour-in-Robots-by-Means-of-Darwinian-Selection-pbio.1000292.s007.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=46|Robots can learn to cooperate.]]

Machine learning, a branch of [[artificial intelligence]], concerns the construction and study of systems that can learn from data. For example, a machine learning system could be trained on email messages to learn to distinguish between spam and non-spam messages. Most of the Machine Learning models are based on probabilistic theories where each input (e.g. an image ) is associated with a probability to become the desired output.

== See also ==
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* {{annotated link|21st century skills}}
* {{Annotated link|Anticipatory socialization}}
* {{annotated link|Educational aims and objectives}}
* {{annotated link|Epistemology}}
* {{annotated link|Implicit learning}}
* {{annotated link|Lifelong learning}}
* {{annotated link|Media psychology}}
* {{annotated link|Subgoal labeling}}
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=== Information theory ===
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* {{annotated link|Algorithmic information theory}}
* {{annotated link|Algorithmic probability}}
* {{annotated link|Bayesian inference}}
* {{annotated link|Inductive logic programming}}
* {{annotated link|Inductive probability}}
* {{annotated link|Information theory}}
* {{annotated link|Minimum description length}}
* {{annotated link|Minimum message length}}
* {{annotated link|Occam's razor}}
* {{annotated link|Solomonoff's theory of inductive inference}}
* {{annotated link|AIXI}}
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=== Types of education ===
* {{annotated link|Autodidacticism}}
* {{annotated link|Andragogy}}
* {{annotated link|Pedagogy}}

== References ==
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== Notes ==
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* {{cite book |last=Mayer |first=R.E. |year=2001 |title=Multimedia learning |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-521-78749-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/multimedialearni0000maye|url-access=registration }}
* {{cite book |last=Paivio |first=A. |year=1971 |title=Imagery and verbal processes |publisher=Holt, Rinehart, and Winston |location=New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmB9AAAAMAAJ |isbn=978-0-03-085173-5}}
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* {{cite book |title=Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything |year=2019
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== External links ==
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* [https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/9853/chapter/1 ''How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School'' (expanded edition)] published by the [[National Academies Press]]
* ''[https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/asle2014/index.php/ Applying Science of Learning in Education: Infusing Psychological Science into the Curriculum]'' published by the [[American Psychological Association]]

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