Applying Cognitive Science to Education: Thinking and Learning in Scientific and Other Complex Domains (MIT Press)

Performance, Learning, And Teaching -- Intellectual Performance -- Important Kinds Of Knowledge -- Specifying And Interpreting Concepts -- Interpreting Scientific Concepts -- Managing Memory -- Methods And Inferences -- Describing Knowledge -- Organizing Knowledge -- Making Decisions -- Introduction To Problem Solving -- Systematic Problem Solving -- Dealing With Complex Problems -- Efficiency And Compiled Knowledge -- Quality Assurance -- Unfamiliar Knowledge Domains -- Naive Scientific Knowledge -- Developing Instruction -- Designing The Learning Process: Goals -- Designing The Learning Process: Means -- Producing Instruction To Foster Learning -- Traditional Instructional Methods -- Innovative Instructional Methods -- Some Educational Challenges. Frederick Reif. A Bradford Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [451]-464) And Index.