| Preface | 4 |
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| Contents | 6 |
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| 1 The Unified Learning Model | 11 |
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| Working Memory | 11 |
| Knowledge | 12 |
| Motivation | 13 |
| Three Principles of Learning | 13 |
| Notes | 14 |
| Part I Developing the Unified Learning Model | 15 |
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| 2 Learning | 16 |
| The Neurobiology of Learning | 16 |
| The Operation of the Neuron | 17 |
| The Architecture of the Brain | 18 |
| What Is Knowledge? | 19 |
| How Learning Works | 19 |
| Meaningful Learning | 20 |
| The Centrality of Working Memory | 22 |
| Motivation | 22 |
| General Rules of Learning | 23 |
| 1. New Learning Requires Attention | 23 |
| 2. Learning Requires Repetition | 23 |
| 3. Learning Is About Connections | 23 |
| 4. Some Learning Is Effortless | Some Requires Effort |
| 5. Learning Is Learning | 24 |
| Our Last Words on the Neurobiology of Learning | 24 |
| Notes | 25 |
| 3 Working Memory | 27 |
| Working Memory Capacity | 27 |
| How Working Memory Functions | 28 |
| Learning Principle 1: Working Memory Allocation | 30 |
| Rule 1: New Learning Requires Attention | 31 |
| Rule 2: Learning Requires Repetition | 32 |
| Rule 3: Learning Is About Connections | 33 |
| Expanding Working Memory Capacity | 35 |
| Working Memory as Consciousness | 36 |
| Basic Rules of Working Memory | 37 |
| Storage Rules | 37 |
| Retrieval Rule | 38 |
| Notes | 38 |
| 4 Knowledge | 40 |
| Long-Term Memory in the Brain | 40 |
| Storage in Long-Term Memory | 41 |
| Retrieval from Long-Term Memory | 41 |
| Connection in Long-Term Memory | 42 |
| The Location of Knowledge in the Brain | 43 |
| Episodic Memory | 43 |
| Semantic Knowledge | 45 |
| Declarative and Procedural Knowledge | 46 |
| Declarative Knowledge | 46 |
| Building a Chunk | 47 |
| Procedural Knowledge | 50 |
| Building a Procedure: Proceduralization | 52 |
| Automaticity | 54 |
| Building Larger Knowledge Networks | 56 |
| Declarative Networks | 56 |
| Procedural Networks | 57 |
| Situated Knowledge and Transfer | 58 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | 60 |
| Incidental Learning | 61 |
| Knowledge and Working Memory Interaction: Expanding Capacity | 62 |
| ULM Learning Principle 2: The Prior Knowledge Effect | 65 |
| Basic Knowledge Processes | 68 |
| Notes | 69 |
| 5 Motivation | 72 |
| Learning Principle 3: Working Memory and Motivation | 73 |
| The Neurobiology of Biological Motivation | Drives |
| Extensions of Drive Theories | 75 |
| Beyond Drive | 75 |
| Goals | 75 |
| Goal Value | 77 |
| Contingencies: The Experienced Past | The Expected Future |
| Specific Motivational Expectancies | 80 |
| Self-Efficacy | 81 |
| Emotion | 83 |
| Emotional Content of Knowledge | 84 |
| Emotions as Goals | 85 |
| The ULM and Emotion | 85 |
| Interest | 85 |
| Situational Interest | 86 |
| Personal Interest | 86 |
| Interest Is Idiosyncratic | 87 |
| The Hierarchical Structure of Motivation | 88 |
| Motivating Working Memory Allocation | 89 |
| Notes | 90 |
| 6 How the ULM Fits In | 92 |
| Ability | 92 |
| Heredity | 93 |
| Cognitive Development and Stages | 96 |
| Vygotsky ZPD | Social Construction |
| Short-Term Memory | 101 |
| Cognitive Load | 102 |
| Ah, Ha Moments Involve Special Marking for Later Retrieval | 103 |
| Ordinary Learning Moments Require No Special Marking | 104 |
| Savants: Prodigies | 105 |
| Special Memory | 106 |
| Multiple Intelligences | 106 |
| Learning Styles | 107 |
| The Executive | 108 |
| Gender Differences | 109 |
| Primary Versus Secondary Learning | 109 |
| History and Background | 111 |
| Our Purpose in This Chapter | 112 |
| Notes | 113 |
| Part II Applying the Unified Learning Model | 119 |
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| 7 Classroom Applications Overview | 120 |
| Notes | 121 |
| 8 Supporting Motivation | 122 |
| Learning Goals | 122 |
| Belief in Effort | 126 |
| Goal Value and Outcome Expectancies | 129 |
| Self-Efficacy | 131 |
| Interest | 133 |
| Discouraged Terms | 135 |
| Summary Thoughts on Motivation | 136 |
| Notes | 136 |
| 9 Efficient Instruction | 140 |
| Cognitive Load | 140 |
| The CORE Lesson Model | 140 |
| Explicit Knowledge Is Teachable | Implicit Knowledge Isnt |
| Optimal Difficulty for New Content | 143 |
| Storage and Retrieval | 144 |
| Notes | 144 |
| 10 Feedback and Assessment | 146 |
| Assessment | 146 |
| Feedback | 147 |
| New Learning Requires | 148 |
| Learning Requires Repetition | 149 |
| Learning Is About Connections | 149 |
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