Thinking and Learning Skills: Volume 2: Research and Open Questions

by S. F. Chipman (Editor), J. W. Segal (Editor), R. Glaser (Editor)

Overview

First Published in 1985, Currently, two streams of endeavor offer promise for improving school effectiveness in developing students’ higher cognitive capacities. One of these is represented by the increased interest of school districts, colleges, and universities in identifying ways to help their students build the cognitive skills that enable them to learn and think effectively. What can be done, they ask, beyond teaching the fundamentals of reading, writing, arithmetic, and subject-matter knowledge, to enable students to use their skills and knowledge for effective problem solving, reasoning, and comprehension? The second stream is apparent in recent scientific advances in the study of intelligence, human development, problem solving, the structure of acquired knowledge, and the skills of learning. This is volume two of a collection of conference papers based on this topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136558153
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/05/2013
Series:	Psychology of Education and Instruction Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	640
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

S. F. Chipman, J. W. Segal (both National Institute of Education), R. Glaser (University of Pittsburgh)

Table of Contents

Higher Cognitive Goals for Education: An Introduction; Introduction to Volume 2; Knowledge Acquisition; 1. Techniques Available to Author, Teacher, and Reader to Improve Retention of Main Ideas of a Chapter 2. Cognitive Coping Strategies and the Problem of “Inert Knowledge” 3. The Social Context and Socialization Variables as Factors in Thinking and Learning