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How Not to Be a Terrible School Board Member(1st Edition)
Lessons for School Administrators and Board Members (NULL)
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2011 by Corwin
ISBN-13: 978-1-4129-9793-5, ISBN: 1-4129-9793-3

""HOW TO BE A TERRIBLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER: LESSONS FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND BOARD MEMBERS is a practical guide both for how to become an effective school board member, and for how school administrators can improve their board relations. The intended audience is prospective, present, and past school board members and school administrators. While the overwhelming majority of school board members have good motives, even people with go ..."






Handbook of Game-Based Learning
(The MIT Press)
by Jan L. Plass, Richard E. Mayer, Bruce D. Homer
Hardcover, 600 Pages, Published 2020 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-04338-0, ISBN: 0-262-04338-6

"A comprehensive introduction to the latest research and theory on learning and instruction with computer games.This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the latest research on learning and instruction with computer games. Unlike other books on the topic, which emphasize game development or best practices, Handbook of Game-Based Learning is based on empirical findings and grounded in psychological and learning sciences theory. The ..."






Multimedia Learning
(Paperback)
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press Jul 2020
ISBN-13: 978-1-316-63808-8, ISBN: 1-316-63808-1

"This edition provides an up-to-date and systematic summary of research studies on multimedia learning, supplemented with complementary evidence from around the globe."






Computer Games for Learning(1st Edition)
An Evidence-Based Approach (The MIT Press)
by Richard E. Mayer
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2014 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-02757-1, ISBN: 0-262-02757-7

"Many strong claims are made for the educational value of computer games, but there is a need for systematic examination of the research evidence that might support such claims. This book fills that need by providing, a comprehensive and up-to-date investigation of what research shows about learning with computer games. Computer Games for Learning describes three ..."






Applying the Science of Learning(1st Edition)
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2010 by Pearson
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-611757-5, ISBN: 0-13-611757-0

" A concrete guide to the science of learning, instruction, and assessment written in a friendly tone and presented in a dynamic format.   The underlying premise of Applying the Science of Learning is that educators can better help students learn if they understand the processes through which student learning takes place. In this clear and concise first edition text, educational psychology scholar Richard Mayer teaches readers how ..."






Learning and Instruction(2nd Edition)
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2007 by Pearson
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-170771-9, ISBN: 0-13-170771-X

"    How do people learn? How can instruction promote learning? Learning and Instruction, second edition, thoroughly and succinctly answers these two fundamental educational psychology questions. The author focuses on the big ideas, preferring that students understand a few exemplary ideas deeply, rather than numerous ideas superficially. The book is research-based and painstakingly shows how specific instructional implications follow ..."






Scenario-based e-Learning(1st Edition)
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Online Workforce Learning
by Ruth Colvin Clark, Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2012 by Pfeiffer
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-12725-4, ISBN: 1-118-12725-0

"Scenario-Based "e"-"Learning" "Scenario-Based e-Learning" offers a new instructional design approach that can accelerate expertise, build critical thinking skills, and promote transfer of learning. This book focuses on the what, when, and "how" of scenario-based e-learning for workforce learning. Throughout the book, Clark defines and demystifies scenario-based e-learning by offering a practical design model illustrated with examples fr ..."






Multimedia Learning
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 222 Pages, Published 2001 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-78749-9, ISBN: 0-521-78749-1

"For hundreds of years verbal messages have been the primary means of explaining ideas to learners. Although verbal learning offers a powerful tool for humans, this book explores ways of going beyond the purely verbal. An alternative to purely verbal presentations is to use multimedia presentations in which people learn from both words and pictures--a situation the author calls multimedia learning. Multimedia encyclopedias have become th ..."






The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning(2nd Edition)
(Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)
by Richard E. Mayer
Hardcover, 950 Pages, Published 2014 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-03520-1, ISBN: 1-107-03520-1

"In recent years, multimedia learning, or learning from words and images, has developed into a coherent discipline with a significant research base. The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning is unique in offering a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of research and theory in the field, with a focus on computer-based learning. Since the first edition appeared in 2005, it has shaped the field and become the primary reference work for m ..."






The Promise of Educational Psychology
Learning in the Content Areas
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 1998 by Prentice Hall
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-913013-7, ISBN: 0-13-913013-6

" Covering the latest advanced in the field, this brief, easy-to-read introduction to educational psychology focuses on learning and teaching in subject areas and on helping students develop specific cognitive processes that are required to accomplish real academic tasks. Shows how psychological theories and research influence the development of better instructional practices and how real instructional problems influence the develo ..."






Thinking, Problem Solving, Cognition(2nd Edition)
(Series of Books in Psychology)
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 1991 by Worth Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-2215-1, ISBN: 0-7167-2215-1

"Reflecting important new research developments of the past eight years as well as classic theories of problem solving, this book provides a balanced survey of the higher cognitive processes, human thinking, problem solving, and learning. Divided into four parts, the book discusses associationism and Gestalt theory before introducing current research and theories of induction and deduction in part two. Part three considers recent cogniti ..."






How to Be a Successful Student(1st Edition)
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 206 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-31986-8, ISBN: 1-138-31986-4

"How to Be a Successful Student is a clear, concise, evidence-based guide to the habits that are scientifically proven to help people learn. Acclaimed educational psychologist Richard Mayer distils cutting edge research to focus on the 20 best study habits for college students, including habits for motivating yourself to learn, managing your learning environment, and effectively applying learning strategies. This accessible, practical bo ..."






Multimedia Learning(2nd Edition)
by Richard E. Mayer
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-51412-5, ISBN: 0-521-51412-6

"Although verbal learning offers a powerful tool, Mayer explores ways of going beyond the purely verbal. Recent advances in graphics technology and information technology have prompted new efforts to understand the potential of multimedia learning as a means of promoting human understanding. In this second edition, Mayer includes double the number of experimental comparisons, 6 new principles - signalling, segmenting, pertaining, persona ..."






2(1st Edition)
Promise of Educational Psychology, The, Volume II: Teaching for Meaningful Learning
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 277 Pages, Published 2001 by Pearson
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-096444-1, ISBN: 0-13-096444-1

" This book examines how children learn from different methods of instruction. It profiles methods such as feedback, guided exploration, cognitive apprenticeship, problem-based learning, and teaching of problem-solving strategies that allow learners to take what they have learned and apply it to new situations. Readers are exposed to what research has to say about teaching for meaningful learning and learn how to apply this information ..."






Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction(2nd Edition)
(Educational Psychology Handbook)
by Richard E. Mayer, Patricia A. Alexander
Paperback, 596 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-83176-6, ISBN: 1-138-83176-X

"During the past 30 years, researchers have made exciting progress in the science of learning (i.e., how people learn) and the science of instruction (i.e., how to help people learn). This second edition of the "Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction" is intended to provide an overview of these research advances. With chapters written by leading researchers from around the world, this volume examines learning and instruction in ..."






Multimedia Learning
(Hardcover)
by Richard E. Mayer
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-18750-4, ISBN: 1-107-18750-8

"Table 19.1 (Continued) Source Content Effect size Johnson & Mayer ... (in press, Expt. 1b) Imagining Leopold & Mayer (2015, Expt. 1) Leopold & Mayer (2015, Expt. 2) Leopold, Mayer, & Dutke (2019, Expt. 1a – 1st) Leopold et al. (2019, Expt ."






Thinking, Problem Solving, Cognition(1st Edition)
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 426 Pages, Published 1983 by W.H. Freeman & Company
ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-1441-5, ISBN: 0-7167-1441-8

"A balanced survey of the higher cognitive processes--human thinking, problem solving, and learning which reflects important research developments and classic theories of problem solving."






Thinking and Problem Solving
An Introduction to Human Cognition and Learning
by Richard E. Mayer
Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 1977 by Scott Foresman & Co
ISBN-13: 978-0-673-15055-4, ISBN: 0-673-15055-0






e-Learning and the Science of Instruction(3rd Edition)
Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning
by Ruth Colvin Clark, Richard E. Mayer, Mayer Clark
Hardcover, 528 Pages, Published 2011 by Pfeiffer
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-87430-1, ISBN: 0-470-87430-9






Learning as a Generative Activity(123rd Edition)
Eight Learning Strategies that Promote Understanding
by Richard E. Mayer, Logan Fiorella
Hardcover, 236 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-06991-6, ISBN: 1-107-06991-2

"During the past twenty-five years, researchers have made impressive advances in pinpointing effective learning strategies (namely, activities the learner engages in during learning that are intended to improve learning). In Learning as a Generative Activity: Eight Learning Strategies that Promote Understanding, Logan Fiorella and Richard E. Mayer share eight evidence-based learning strategies that promote understanding: summarizing, map ..."



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