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How People Learn How People Learn How People Learn is the title of an educational psychology book edited by John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking and published by the United States National Academy of Sciences' National Academies Press. The committee on "How People Learn" also wrote "How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom" as a follow-up. An updated edition "How People Learn II" was released in October 2018. The book draws the following conclusions, among others: Learners and Learning: Thus, the debate within education between advocates of deep conceptual understanding and advocates of broad factual understanding