Cognitive Psychology and Instruction
ISBN: 9780132368971 | 0132368978
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 10/5/2010
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This best-selling text uses cognitive psychology research to inform and improve classroom instruction. The new edition is keenly focused on the applications of cognitive psychology specific to education, teaching and learning. The text is accessible and readable; includes a superior, extensive and authoritative section on motivation; and applies the most current research on cognitive psychology and motivation to classroom teaching and student learning. Readers will begin by reading about the basic principles of cognitive psychology, and later m... MORE
1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology.
PART ONE: INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY.
2. Sensory, Short-Term, and Working Memory.
3. Long-Term Memory: Structures and Models.
4. Encoding Processes.
5. Retrieval Processes.
PART TWO: BELIEFS AN... MORE
6. Beliefs about Self.
7. Beliefs about Intelligence and Knowledge.
PART THREE: FOSTERING COGNITIVE GROWTH.
8. Problem Solving and Critical Thinking.
9. Classroom Contexts for Cognitive Growth.
10. Technological Contexts for Cognitive Growth.
PART FOUR: COGNITION IN THE CLASSROOM.
11. Learning to Read.
12. Reading to Learn.
13. Writing.
14. Cognitive Approaches to Mathematics.
15. Cognitive Approaches to Science.
Glossary.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
Roger Bruning is Velma Warren Hodder Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association, Bruning's academic work focuses on improving teaching and learning for children and adults, especially in the areas of reading, writing, and science.
