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This dimension names the theorist credited with developing a specific learning theory. Wikipedia notes that "educators who embrace cognitive theory believe that the definition of learning as a change in behaviour is too narrow," a belief that in every named theory traces back to one particular thinker. Browsing this way collects every theory credited to the same developer.

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1979 1
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1. Wikipedia: Metacognition
Wikimedia FoundationMetacognition, terminology section
Quote, Metacognition, terminology section
This higher-level cognition was given the label metacognition by American developmental psychologist John H. Flavell (1979).
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