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Learning about teaching requires thinking about the learner

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Kathleen H. Corriveau
Kathleen H. Corriveau*
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School of Education, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215. kcorriv@bu.edu www.bu.edu/learninglab
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Abstract

Kline argues for an expanded taxonomy of teaching focusing on the adaptive behaviors needed to solve learning problems. Absent from her analysis is an explicit definition of learning, or a discussion of the iterative nature of the relationship between teaching and learning. Including the learner in the discussion may help to distinguish among the adaptive values of different teaching behaviors.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e37
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