• ACT-R (John Anderson)
• Adult Learning Theory (P. Cross)
• Algo-Heuristic Theory (L. Landa)
• Andragogy (Malcolm Knowles)
• Anchored Instruction (John Bransford)
• Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (L. Cronbach & R. Snow)
• Attribution Theory (B. Weiner)
• Cognitive Dissonance Theory (L. Festinger)
• Cognitive Flexibility Theory (R. Spiro)
• Cognitive Load Theory (J. Sweller)
• Component Display Theory (M. David Merrill)
• Conditions of Learning (Robert Gagne)
• Connectionism (Edward Thorndike)
• Constructivist Theory (Jerome Bruner)
• Contiguity Theory (Edwin Guthrie)
• Conversation Theory (Gordon Pask)
• Criterion Referenced Instruction (Robert Mager)
• Double Loop Learning (C. Argyris)
• Drive Reduction Theory (C. Hull)
• Dual Coding Theory (A. Paivio)
• Elaboration Theory (C. Reigeluth)
• Experiential Learning (C. Rogers)
• Functional Context Theory (Tom Sticht)
• Genetic Epistemology (J. Piaget)
• Gestalt Theory (M. Wertheimer)
• GOMS (Card, Moran & Newell)
• General Problem Solver (A. Newell & H. Simon)

• Information Pickup Theory(J.J. Gibson)
• Information Processing Theory(G.A. Miller)
• Lateral Thinking(E. DeBono)
• Levels of Processing(Craik & Lockhart)
• Mathematical Learning Theory(R.C. Atkinson)
• Mathematical Problem Solving(A. Schoenfeld)
• Minimalism(J. M. Carroll)
• Model Centered Instruction and Design Layering(Andrew Gibbons)
• Modes of Learning(D. Rumelhart & D. Norman)
• Multiple Intelligences(Howard Gardner)
• Operant Conditioning(B.F. Skinner)
• Originality(I. Maltzman)
• Phenomenonography(F. Marton & N. Entwistle)
• Repair Theory(K. VanLehn)
• Script Theory(Roger Schank)
• Sign Theory(E. Tolman)
• Situated Learning(J. Lave)
• Soar(A. Newell et al.)
• Social Development(L. Vygotsky)
• Social Learning Theory(A. Bandura)
• Stimulus Sampling Theory(W. Estes)
• Structural Learning Theory(J. Scandura)
• Structure of Intellect(J. Guilford)
• Subsumption Theory(D. Ausubel)
• Symbol Systems(G. Salomon)
• Triarchic Theory(R. Sternberg)
• Transformational Theory(J. Mezirow)

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