Cognitive Psychology and Instruction

By Roger H. Bruning

Book Overview

This treatment of the principles of cognitive psychology and their application to education is a revision of the text Popular Psychology for Teachers by Glover, Running, and Bruning. Practical, applied coverage provides a grounding in cognitive psychology, and an understanding of how it relates to the day-to-day challenges of teaching, setting instructional design goals, and achieving the requirements of an effective curriculum. This edition has a three-chapter treatment of the relationship between beliefs and cognition reflecting the newest developments in the field - the change from a study of cold cognition to one that encompasses affect, belief, and motivational constructs. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137166060
• ISBN13: 9780137166060
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Cognitive Psychology and Instruction

This book is a "must-read" for teachers! It contains the latest research on cognitive psychology for those teachers who want to step up their teaching abilities and give their students the added zip that they need to be successful in the classroom! The book is easy to read and easy to understand.