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Defining a Learning Theory Linked to Instructional Theory

A Fusion of German and American Approaches

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Klaus Breuer and I met in the fall of 1974. I was a new assistant professor at Florida State University and Klaus was a graduate student from Aachen visiting American universities that were doing research investigating the link between computers and human learning.l

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Tennyson, R.D. (2013). Defining a Learning Theory Linked to Instructional Theory. In: From Diagnostics to Learning Success. Professional and VET learning, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-191-7_1

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