Constructivism, the so-called semantic learning theories, and situated cognition versus the psychological learning theories

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-198

  Aparicio, Juan José ^a   Moneo, María Rodríguez ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive theories of learning; Constructivism; Pragmatic theories; Situated cognition; Situated learning; Symbolic theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144473640     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600005060     Document Type: Article

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