M&M+Handbook

Here is a handbook to help you get through chemistry and ony other course in high school and college. We will use many of the learning, study and reading strategies. You should be able to find strategies that work best for you as an individual, but we must sample first. In the handbook, we also discus how learning takes place. You will find that certain learning theories fit you better than others. The ultimate purpose is to make you stronger learner.

Table of Contents Chapter 1 //**__How Does One Learn? Theories Behind Learning__**// [|Behaviorism] (behavior is shaped by reinforcement) [|Cognitivism] (focuses on mental processes such as thinking, memory) [|Social Learning Theory (Bandura)] (learning is based on observations of other people) [|Constructivism] (learing is constructed by individual and is linked to previous experiences)
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 * [|Social Development Theory (Vygtosky)] (foundation of constructivism)
 * [|Discovery Learning (Bruner)] (inquiry based; part of constructivism)
 * [|Situated Learning (Lave)] ("learning is unintentional and situated within authentic activity, context, and culture;" part of constructivism)

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Chapter 2 //__What Can I Do In The Classroom?__//

Chapter 3 __//What Can I Do At Home?//__

Chapter 4 //__What Can I Do Independently?__//

Chapter 5 //__What Can I Do In Cooperative Learning Groups?__//

Chapter 6 //__How Are Lab Groups Different?__//