Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction 1 -- Letter to the students 2 -- Part I Cognitive and metacognitive factors in learning -- Chapter 1: Cognitive process -- Chapter 2: Analogical processes -- Chapter 3: Biological and environmental predispositions in learning -- Chapter 4: Metacognitive process -- Part II Learning and knowledge acquisition -- Chapter 5: Learning metaphors and theories of learning -- Chapter 6: Types and qualities of knowledge -- Chapter7: Articulating the learning objectives in the classroom -- Part III Motivational factors in learning -- Chapter 8: The Placwe of motivation in learning -- Chapter 9: Theories of motivation -- Part IV Developmental divisions of learning -- Chapter 10: Children's development -- Chapter 11: Adolescent learning -- Chapter 12: Addressing the socio-cultural developmental dimensions in learning -- Part V Socio-cultural dimensions of learning -- Chapter 13: Social processes in learning -- Chapter 14: Social and cultural influences on the cognitive and motivational processes of learning -- Part VI Individual differences in learning -- Chapter 15: Theories of intelligence -- Chapter 16: Diversity in learning -- Chapter 17: Differences in stylistic cognitive dimensions of learning -- References 277 -- Index 283

The main objective of this text to provide readers with a wide range of topics necessary in developing appropriate frameworks within which they understand and make decisions on the various methods, practices, paradigms, and issues on facilitating learning as a critical process in the teaching profession.