learning theory

Conceptual frameworks in which knowledge is absorbed, processed, and retained during learning

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Also known as learning theory (education)

Subclass of: psychological theory

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Learning theory attempts to describe how students receive, process, and retain knowledge during learning. Cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences, as well as prior experience, all play a part in how understanding, or a worldview, is acquired or changed and knowledge and skills retained.

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