ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the coherent learning theory was gradually built up in various publications, and outlines very briefly its main features. The learning theory distinguishes between two superior kinds of learning and four learning types. Learning as addition includes cumulation: starting a new mental scheme, and assimilation: adding new elements to existing schemes. Learning as reconstruction includes accommodation: changing elements of schemes, and transformation: changing elements of the identity. As the enourmous capacity to learn is a central feature of what makes human beings superior to all other species, the development of a theory of human learning is necessarily very complex and extensive. The learning triangle was an attempt to provide a clear and simple illustration of the most fundamental elements of the theory. All kinds of national and international tests are used to control learning. The practice of institutions, teachers and instructors is regulated, and learning activities are increasingly directed towards what can reasonably or unreasonably be measured.
