Generative Learning Processes of the Brain

By Merlin C. Wittrock. 1992

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Lifelong Generative Modeling (2017, background): “Research in neuroscience has validated [132, 5] that the associative human mind, compresses, merges and reconstructs information content in a dynamic way.”
More Than Fun and Games: Reconsidering the Virtues of Strategic Management Simulations (2005, methodology): “Generative learning strategies promote durable learning by helping students develop connections between course content and students’ experiences and knowledge (Wittrock, 1974, 1990, 1992).”
Eight Ways to Promote Generative Learning (2016, background): “…with testable predictions concerning instructional methods and learning strategies aimed at promoting student understanding (Fiorella and Mayer 2015; King 1994; Mayer 2014; Mayer and Wittrock 1996, 2006; Novak 2010; Sweller et al. 2011; Weinstein and Mayer 1986; Webb 1982; Wittrock 1991, 1992).”
Organizational learning culture, innovative culture and innovations in South Korean firms (2010, background): “…aimed at achieving higher-level, i.e. double-loop (Argyris & Schön, 1996), deutero (Schön, 1975), strategic (Bhattacharya, 1985) or generative (Wittrock, 1974, 1990, 1992) organizational learning through phases of information acquisition, information interpretation and accompanying behavioral…”
Effects of flipping the classroom on learning outcomes and satisfaction: A meta-analysis (2019, background): “Our mind actively and dynamically constructs meaning by building relations with prior-knowledge (Wittrock, 1992).”
Paying for High- and Low-Quality Teaching. (2004, background): “In addition, scientists discovered how teachers’ knowledge of students affected how teachers maintain student attention and motivate students to learn (Wittrock, 1992).”
Augmented reality in informal learning environments: A field experiment in a mathematics exhibition (2014, background): “Third, learning is an active process consisting of selecting relevant incoming information, organizing selected information into coherent mental representations, and integrating mental representations with existing knowledge (Wittrock, 1992).”