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Willingham, Daniel T. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2021
In this new edition of the highly regarded "Why Don't Students Like School?" cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham turns his research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning into workable teaching techniques. This book will help you improve your teaching practice by explaining how you and your students think and learn. It…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Psychology, Psychologists, Learning Processes
Mix, Kelly S., Ed.; Battista, Michael T., Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2018
This unique volume surveys recent research on spatial visualization in mathematics in the fields of cognitive psychology and mathematics education. The general topic of spatial skill and mathematics has a long research tradition, but has been gaining attention in recent years, although much of this research happens in disconnected subfields. This…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Spatial Ability, Problem Solving
Cluskey, Bob; Elbeck, Matt; Hill, Kathy L.; Strupeck, Dave – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2011
The focus of this paper is to familiarize business discipline faculty with cognitive psychology theories of how students learn together with teaching techniques to assist and improve student learning. Student learning can be defined as the outcome from the retrieval (free recall) of desired information. Student learning occurs in two processes.…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Instructional Improvement, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Psychology
Goswami, Usha – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2008
Cognitive neuroscience aims to improve our understanding of aspects of human learning and performance by combining data acquired with the new brain imaging technologies with data acquired in cognitive psychology paradigms. Both neuroscience and psychology use the philosophical assumptions underpinning the natural sciences, namely the scientific…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Neurology, Brain, Cognitive Psychology
Gr ver Aukrust, Vibeke, Ed. – Elsevier, 2011
This collection of 58 articles from the recently-published third edition of the International Encyclopedia of Education focuses on learning, memory, attention, problem solving, concept formation, and language. Learning and cognition is the foundation of cognitive psychology and encompasses many topics including attention, memory, categorization,…
Descriptors: Memory, Concept Formation, Cognitive Psychology, Problem Solving
Hanson, J. Robert – 1996
The brain's architecture serves as the basic model for theorizing about how the brain works. Current brain research confirms earlier suspicions that thoughtfulness has a great deal more complexity than the simplistic left/right distinctions of earlier research. This paper draws on the work of Carl Jung to propose the brain-psyche model as an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Curriculum
Stinespring, John A. – 1991
This paper reviewed literature on cognition to help art teachers understand what they can learn from the huge body of literature that has been generated by cognitive psychologists. It is argued that, in this information society, teaching memorization skills is not enough; students must learn problem-solving skills. A long list of specific thinking…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology
Chomsky, Carol; And Others – 1985
The Scientific Theory and Method Project (STAMPS) is concerned with students' understanding of two areas of science in secondary schools. One is understanding what a scientific theory is, and the other is understanding the methods used in conducting scientific research. In the science curriculum these topics are often described as the process of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Murr, L. E. – Engineering Education, 1988
Expresses the opinion that education has overemphasized the written word and needs to move back to the oral tradition. Warns that Americans are trained to use the left brain whereas much of engineering needs right brain processing. Gives perspectives to improve engineering education. (MVL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, College Science

Sanchez, Margarita A. de – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Maintains that considerable evidence suggests that educators can successfully use knowledge of cognitive development to guide college instruction. Discusses thinking processes as either primarily incidental or deliberate. Contends that separate thinking based on these principles leads to improved critical thinking skills. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Critical Thinking