Cognitive Psychology and Instruction

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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 AND COGNITION.

 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.