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John D. Bransford

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#29

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PhD Educational Psychology Stanford University
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According to Wikipedia, John D. Bransford was an emeritus professor of education at the University of Washington College of Education in Seattle, Washington. He was the Founding Director of The Learning in Informal and Formal Environments Center, and a Centennial Professor and former director of the Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Bransford was a member Emeritus of the National Academy of Education and the 2001 recipient of the E. L. Thorndike Career Achievement Award. He died on April 11, 2022, at the age of 78.

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How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. (1999) (14862)
Preparing Teachers for a Changing World: What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do. (2005) (3686)
How people learn (2000) (2137)
Levels of processing versus transfer appropriate processing (1977) (2134)
Contextual prerequisites for understanding: Some investigations of comprehension and recall (1972) (2076)
Rethinking transfer: A simple proposal with multiple implica-tions (1999) (1384)
Perceiving, Acting and Knowing : Toward an Ecological Psychology (1978) (1332)
The abstraction of linguistic ideas (1971) (1240)
Doing with Understanding: Lessons from Research on Problem- and Project-Based Learning (1998) (1218)
A time for telling (1998) (1061)
Chapter 3: Rethinking Transfer: A Simple Proposal With Multiple Implications (1999) (869)
Preparing teachers for a changing world (2005) (858)
Sentence memory: A constructive versus interpretive approach ☆ ☆☆ (1972) (822)
How students learn : history, mathematics, and science in the classroom (2005) (799)
Considerations of some problems of comprehension. (1973) (648)
Human Cognition: Learning, Understanding and Remembering (1979) (606)
How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice (2013) (479)
The ideal problem solver (1984) (467)
The ideal problem solver. A guide for improving thinking, learning, and creativity (1984) (449)
New approaches to instruction: because wisdom can't be told (1989) (441)
The Jasper Project: Lessons in Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Professional Development (1997) (419)
How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom. (2005) (386)
Teaching thinking and problem solving: Research foundations. (1986) (370)
Teaching Thinking and Problem Solving. (1986) (369)
A sketch of a cognitive approach to comprehension: Some thoughts about understanding what it means to comprehend. (1974) (278)
Memory for tacit implications of sentences (1973) (266)
Comprehension and semantic flexibility (1974) (261)
Anchored Instruction: Why We Need It and How Technology Can Help (2012) (248)
Learning Theories and Education: Toward a Decade of Synergy (2006) (248)
Abstraction of visual patterns. (1971) (244)
Constraints on effective elaboration: Effects of precision and subject generation (1979) (194)
New Assessments and Environments for Knowledge Building (2012) (179)
Constraints on access in a problem solving context (1983) (176)
Software for managing complex learning: Examples from an educational psychology course (1999) (162)
Differences in approaches to learning: An overview. (1982) (159)
The abstraction of linguistic ideas: A review (1972) (158)
A theory-driven approach to assessing the cognitive effects of PBL (1997) (157)
How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom. (2005) (150)
Roles for learning sciences and learning technologies in biomedical engineering education: a review of recent advances. (2002) (141)
The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences: Foundations and Opportunities for an Interdisciplinary Science of Learning (2005) (138)
Technology support for complex problem solving: from SAD environments to AI (2001) (123)
Rethinking advanced high school coursework: tackling the depth/breadth tension in the AP US Government and Politics course (2011) (115)
Beyond Smarter: Mediated Learning and the Brain's Capacity for Change (2010) (115)
Spontaneous monitoring and regulation of learning: a comparison of successful and less successful fifth graders. (1980) (112)
Gender Representation and Humanoid Robots Designed for Domestic Use (2009) (112)
When Computer Technologies Meet the Learning Sciences: Issues and Opportunities (2000) (107)
Resisting Overzealous Transfer: Coordinating Previously Successful Routines With Needs for New Learning (2012) (107)
Constraints on effective elaboration (1978) (106)
Memory access: The effects of fact-oriented versus problem-oriented acquisition (1988) (95)
How Students Learn: History in the Classroom. (2006) (94)
Preparing People for Rapidly Changing Environments (2007) (93)
Beyond Breadth-Speed-Test (2013) (87)
Teachable Agents: Combining Insights from Learning Theory and Computer Science (1999) (81)
Differences in the precision of self-generated elaborations. (1982) (73)
A Comparison of Lecture-Based and Challenge-Based Learning in a Workplace Setting: Course Designs, Patterns of Interactivity, and Learning Outcomes (2012) (70)
Online Learning Based on Essential Concepts and Formative Assessment (2012) (67)
The acquisition of abstract ideas (1972) (66)
Dynamic visual support for story comprehension and mental model building by young, at-risk children (1995) (66)
Macro‐contexts for learning: Initial findings and issues (1987) (65)
Some thoughts about constructivism and instructional design (1991) (62)
Comprehension factors in interpreting memory for abstract and concrete sentences (1972) (62)
Toward a Learning Technologies knowledge network (1999) (61)
Developing Automaticity (1987) (59)
Toward a Framework for Understanding Learning (1976) (58)
Extending Intelligent Learning Environments with Teachable Agents to Enhance Learning (2001) (55)
Some Benefits of Creating Macro-Contexts for Science Instruction: Initial Findings (1987) (55)
Prerequisites for the Utilization of Knowledge in the Recall of Prose Passages. (1979) (52)
L.S. Vygotsky and the doctrine of empirical and theoretical learning (1995) (51)
Context effects in sentence memory. (1974) (51)
Intercultural Adaptive Expertise: Explicit and Implicit Lessons from Dr. Hatano (2007) (51)
The role of research in educational improvement (2009) (50)
Quality Learning Environments: Guidelines from Research on How People Learn (2002) (49)
An Evaluation of a Level-One Instructional Videodisc Program (1987) (44)
Learning with technology: Theoretical and empirical perspectives (1986) (44)
The transition form theory to therapy: Test of two instructional methods (1993) (43)
The study of clinical judgment: an ecological approach (1987) (43)
Intelligent user interface design for teachable agent systems (2003) (42)
Leading for Instructional Improvement: How Successful Leaders Develop Teaching and Learning Expertise (2011) (40)
Anchored Interactive Learning Environments (2000) (35)
Incongruous item generation effects: a multiple-cue perspective. (1994) (34)
Vanderbilt’s AMIGO3 Project: Knowledge of How People Learn Enters Cyberspace (2003) (34)
The Jasper Series: Theoretical foundations and data on problem solving and transfer. (1993) (31)
Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K–12 Education in the United States: Findings Related to Research and Evaluation (1998) (30)
The Effects of Feedback in Supporting Learning by Teaching in a Teachable Agent Environment (2002) (30)
Development of Professional Expertise: It Takes Expertise to Make Expertise: Some Thoughts About Why and How and Reflections on the Themes in Chapters 15–18 (2009) (29)
Differences in judgments of learning difficulty. (1982) (27)
Qualitative Reasoning techniques to support Learning by Teaching: The Teachable Agents Project (2001) (27)
The Measurement and Development of Professional Performance: An Introduction to the Topic and a Background to the Design and Origin of This Book (2009) (25)
Mathematics Worth Knowing, Resources Worth Growing, Research Worth Noting: A Response to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report (2008) (25)
Adaptive People and Adaptive Systems: Issues of Learning and Design (2010) (25)
Some Prerequisites for Teaching Thinking: Methodological issues in the Study of LOGO Programming (1989) (24)
Computer Strategies for Education: Foundations and Content-Area Applications (1986) (21)
Memory for syntactic form as a function of semantic context (1974) (21)
Learning from Children Learning (1983) (20)
Design Methods For Instructional Modules In Bioengineering (2001) (19)
Mental Models and Reading Comprehension (2016) (19)
Different Logo Learning Environments and Mastery (1985) (19)
Personal Background Knowledge Influences Cross-Cultural Understanding (2010) (18)
Doing with Understanding (1998) (18)
The Learning Sciences, Technology and Designs for Educational Systems: Some Thoughts About Change (2008) (18)
The Effects of Logo Instruction on Elementary Students' Attitudes toward Computers and School. (1989) (18)
Teachable Agents: Learning by Teaching Environments for Science Domains (2003) (17)
Effective Mathematics Instruction (1987) (17)
Work in progress - adaptive expertise: beyond apply academic knowledge (2004) (17)
Using Media for Developing Mental Models and Anchoring Instruction (2012) (16)
A brief note on linguistic integration (1974) (16)
Improving the Quality of Instruction: Roles for Dynamic Assessment (1992) (16)
Understanding and supporting the adoption of assistive technologies by adults with reading disabilities (2011) (14)
Static and Dynamic Measures of Learning in Young Handicapped Children (1987) (13)
Programs for Teaching Thinking. (1981) (13)
The Quest for Deeper Learning and Engagement in Advanced High School Courses (2011) (13)
Engagement and Games for Learning (2014) (12)
Teaching Thinking: Evaluating Evaluations and Broadening the Data Base. (1986) (12)
Multimedia Environments for Enhancing Science Instruction (1994) (11)
Interactive Learning Assessments for the 21st Century. (2009) (11)
Establishing experiences to develop a wisdom of professional practice (2006) (9)
CHAPTER 13 – The Activation and Utilization of Knowledge (1982) (8)
MUVEs and Experiential Learning: Some Examples. (2009) (8)
Creating Contexts for Community-Based Problem Solving: The Jasper Challenge Series (2013) (8)
Havens for Learning: Toward a Framework for Developing Effective Uses of Technology. (1985) (8)
District Reform and the Learning Sciences: Issues and Opportunities (2008) (7)
The Role of People Knowledge in Learning Narrative and Domain Content (2006) (7)
Analysis of Student Understanding of Basic AC Concepts (1998) (7)
The Mars Mission Challenge: A Generative, Problem-Solving School Science Environment (1994) (6)
The Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt University. (1994) (6)
Incongruous Item Generation Effects: A Multiple-Cue Perspective (1994) (6)
A Program for Teaching Thinking: Instrumental Enrichment (1984) (5)
Schooling and the Facilitation of Knowing (2017) (5)
The IDEAL Workplace: Strategies for Improving Learning, Problem Solving, and Creativity. (1998) (5)
Technology, Learning, and Schools: Comments on Articles by Tom Carroll & Gerald Bracey (2000) (5)
An Introduction to Geometry Through Anchored Instruction Cynthia Mayfield-Stewart, and the Cognition and Technology Group (2012) (5)
Effects of generation on memory access (1987) (5)
Equity, Excellence, Elephants, and Evidence (2009) (4)
The study of clinical judgment: Some clarifications (1988) (4)
Intelligent user interface design for teachable agent systems (2003) (4)
Effective elaboration and inferential reasoning (1982) (4)
Findings from the Academic Pathways Study of Engineering Undergraduates 2003-2008 (2009) (3)
Assessing Problem Solving Skills in Understanding and Troubleshooting AC Circuits (2001) (3)
21st Century Assessment: Redesigning to Optimize Learning (2010) (3)
LEARNING SCIENCE MEETS SCHOOL FINANCE: The How People Learn Framework as a Tool for Resource Decisions (2007) (3)
Considerations for the development of a preparation for future learning assessment (2008) (2)
Dynamic Assessment of Intellectually Handicapped Children (2007) (2)
A tool for 21st century learning and assessment (2009) (2)
The measurement and development of professional performance : an introduction to the topic and the organization of this book (2009) (2)
Computers Strategies for Education (1986) (2)
A Test of Leadership: Charting Engineering Education for 2020 and Beyond (2007) (2)
A Tribute to Ann Brown (2000) (2)
Medical knowledge from the perspective of the patient: the importance of learning to learn. (1985) (2)
Learning science principles for effective online learning in the workplace (2010) (2)
Gathering Evidence of Scientific Argumentation Practices: From Pre-Kindergarten to High School (2012) (1)
Do higher levels of arousal predict better learning? an investigation of learning and physiological responses (2008) (1)
Teaching Thinking and Problem Solving. Technical Report Series 85.1.2. (1984) (1)
Developing Math Automaticity in Learning Handicapped Children: The Role of Computerized Drill and Practice (2018) (1)
Students as ‘Producers’: using videodisc technology to create stories (1988) (1)
Semantic memory and sentence verification time (1973) (1)
AdventurePlayer: Macrocontext Plus Microworlds (2000) (1)
Some Special Features of This Special Issue: Core Values and Possible Next Steps (2003) (1)
Educational Games in the Classroom: Design-Based Research and Methods for Classroom Mediation (2014) (0)
COGNITIVE SCIENCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, AND THE REFORM OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: HIGH LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION (1993) (0)
Computer Tools That Link Assessment and Instruction: Investigating What Makes Electricity Hard to Learn (2020) (0)
ACADEMIC SCHIZOPHRENIA , THE SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING , AND STEM LEADERSHIP (2005) (0)
Digitally based courses and their online delivery are rapidly expanding access to learning opportunities (2009) (0)
c The Cognitive Effects of Problem-Based Learning : A Preliminary Study 1 (1997) (0)
Basic funamentals of hydraulics (1973) (0)
The Abstraction of Linguistic Ideas 1 (2003) (0)
Basic Research in the Service of Public Objectives in the Service of Public Objectives (2000) (0)
Constraints on Access: Costs and Benefits (Spontaneous Memory for Relevant Experiences) (1989) (0)
Editorial / A Note from the New Editor (2007) (0)
Gathering evidence of scientific argumentation practices (2012) (0)
Author Notes We are indebted to Lea Adams for helping us conduct Experiment 2 , to Joann Sweetland and Michael Thomas for helping us conduct Experiment 3 , and to (2007) (0)
Whither Education Research? Science Policy Implications of NSF Research Support (2006) (0)
A Time for Telling Author ( s ) : (2007) (0)
Author Notes We are indebted to Lea Adams for helping us conduct Experiment 2 , to Joann Sweetland and Michael Thomas for helping us conduct Experiment 3 , and to (2007) (0)

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