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From the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine:

In 2000, a National Academies report brought together decades of research on the processes and functions of learning in How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (HPL I). The report summarized the work of two committees that had examined insights on the nature of learning between kindergarten and grade 12, such as how experts differ from novices, how learning transfers across settings, and how children and adult learners do and do not differ. It described principles for the design of effective learning environments, offered examples of effective teaching in history, mathematics, and science, and examined the extent to which opportunities for teacher learning enhance effectiveness in facilitating student learning. How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures summarizes new insights related to the ground covered in HPL I and expands the discussion to include learning that occurs beyond K-12 education to encompass the entire life span.

The report can be purchased in paperback or downloaded for free as a pdf