Principles of learning, sometimes called laws of learning, are a set of findings identified by researchers in educational psychology that seem to apply generally across the learning process, discovered, tested and applied in real-world settings to give insight into what makes people learn most effectively. Edward Thorndike developed the first three laws of learning: readiness, exercise and effect.
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Core ClaimPrinciples of learning holds that a set of general findings, most foundationally Edward Thorndike's laws of readiness, exercise and effect, apply broadly across the learning process and can guide real-world instructional design. 1 Sources
1. Principles of Learning (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFurther reading list
Thorndike, E (1999) [1913]. Education Psychology. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-21011-9.
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Edward Thorndike developed the first three "Laws of learning": readiness, exercise, and effect.
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