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In this section we feature particularly valuable contributions to our understanding of how people learn, training and education, with emphasis on research findings that can be applied to everyday life.

Angles on learning - (Special Merit Award) By JS Atherton
Extensive explanations of many learning theories and their implications. We bestow on this site and its owner the Special Merit Award for one of the best sites of its kind anywhere. Hits: 860 )

Learning and Teaching (teaching section) (Special Merit Award) By JS Atherton
This may be the best site (along with its companion site on learning) on the net for those who want to become better teachers, trainers and learners. Excellent breadth and depth of coverage of both learning and training. Go there! Hits: 872 )

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How People Learn - Book (12): n amazing summary of research on how people learn, and the implications for education and helping others learn. The complete title is: How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition written by Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, National Research Council

Learning Remembering Believing - Enhancing Human Performance (11): Learning, Remembering, Believing offers an understanding of human learning that will be useful to training specialists, psychologists, educators, managers, and individuals interested in all dimensions of human performance. Can such techniques as sleep learning and hypnosis improve performance? Do we sometimes confuse familiarity with mastery? Can we learn without making mistakes? These questions apply in the classroom, in the military, and on the assembly line. Learning, Remembering, Believing addresses these and other key issues in learning and performance. The volume presents leading-edge theories and findings from a wide range of research settings: from pilots learning to fly to children learning about physics by throwing beanbags. Common folklore is explored, and promising research directions are identified.