Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts
This book uses practical applications and an accessible writing style to present a summary of psychological research on students' learning of academic subject areas. The book is organized into two main sections: the general principles of learning, memory, higher-order thinking, and motivation that apply to any school-related skill and specific developmental trends in the acquisition of skills in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies. Unlike typical books on cognitive development, these general principles are explicitly translated to classroom practice. The reader will learn what children can understand and do at various ages in these domains.As a result, few of the existing studies can be used to say whether children aquot; naturallyaquot; acquire schemata for expository ... found that when given four well- organized passages to remember, only 22 percent of ninth graders consistently used theanbsp;...
| Title | : | Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts |
| Author | : | James P. Byrnes |
| Publisher | : | Allyn & Bacon - 2001 |
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