A Academic Research On How Learning Works

This is in no way a comprehensive list of resources, but rather a list of work I personally have found relevant and illuminating. Much additional information in this area may be found with an Internet search.

Polin, L. (2002). Learning in Dialogue with a Practicing Community. In Duffy and Kirkley (Eds.), Learner Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases from Higher Education, LEA Publishers.

Brown, A., Campione, J. (1994). Guided Discovery in a Community of Learners. In Kate McGilly (Ed.), Classroom Lessons, The MIT Press.

Brown, J.S., Collins, A., Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational Researcher. Vol. 18. No. 1, pp. 32-42.

Lave, J., Wenger, E. (1991). Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Cambridge University Press.

Rogoff, B. (1994). Developing Understanding of the Idea of Communities of Learners. In Mind, Culture and Activity, Volume I, No. 4.

Rogoff, B., Matusov, E., White, C., (1996). Models of Teaching and Learning: Participation in a Community of Learners. In D. R. Olson and N. Torrance (Eds.), The Handbook of Education and Human Development, Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

Rogoff, B., Moore, L., Najafi, B., Dexter, A., Correa-Chávez, M., Solís, J. (2007). Children’s Development of Cultural Repertoires through Participation in Everyday Routines and Practices. In J. E. Grusec and P. D. Hastings (Eds.), Handbook of Socialization: Theory and Research, pp. 490-515. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., Cocking, R. R., Editors (1999). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. This is a massive report by the National Research Council (our tax dollars at work!) summarizing up to-date research on learning and pointing the way toward further research and best practices in teaching. It’s available on the Web. Additional titles in the same vein were subsequently published, including How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom (2005).