Talk:Cognition and Instruction

Goals of this Wikibook project:
 * Create a textbook suitable for an undergraduate class in educational psychology.
 * The book will review the theory and research applying cognitive psychology to teaching and learning.
 * The work will eventually meet the standard of a professional-level textbook.
 * It will consist entirely of original writing (no copying from Wikipedia, even with attribution).
 * Where relevant, there will be abundant citations to current research.
 * The book will be written collaboratively by students with opportunities to read and review each others' work.
 * Avoid plagiarism at all costs, intentional and non-intentional.
 * In regard to images, using images already existing in the commons will be easiest. In the event that you create your own images, make sure you register the licence with the commons expeditiously or it can take months to get your images reinstated. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing#Material_in_the_public_domain for more information. Dwt2 (discuss • contribs) 03:51, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Each chapter should coherently develop a single theme.
 * Develop common stylistic conventions.

Plan to re-distribute content of old chapters, develop new chapters, refine content

 * 1. Rename 1st chapter, re-write to present the theoretical foundations of the subject in historical context
 * 2. Rename 2nd chapter, Working Memory and Cognitive Load, further integrate content
 * 3. Continue work on 3rd chapter, Long-Term Memory
 * 4. Rename 4th chapter, possibly Strategies and Designs for Learning
 * 5. Insert new chapter on Learning from Text and Multimedia
 * 6. Continue work on sociocognitive chapter, possibly rename
 * 7. Possibly insert a separate chapter for Inquiry Learning, PBL, cooperative learning, reflective practice
 * 8. Continue work on Motivation, Attribution and Beliefs about Learning
 * Redistribute content of Technologies and Designs for Learning to other chapters
 * 9. Continue work on Problem Solving, Critical Thinking and Argumentation
 * 10. Continue work on Learning to Read
 * 11. Insert new chapter on Learning to Write
 * 12. Continue work on Learning Science and Conceptual Change
 * 13. Continue work on Learning Mathematics

Nesbit (discuss • contribs) 15:15, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Plan to integrate and condense 19 chapters
We should aim for about 12 or 13 chapters. Here is a plan to combine several of the existing chapters.

Nesbit (discuss • contribs) 05:09, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 1. Chapter about the foundations and influences on cognitive psychology for teaching and learning. Done!
 * 2. Merge Learning and Memory with Working Memory and Learning Disabilities. Done!
 * 3. Chapter on Long Term Memory Done!
 * 4. Merge Learning Strategies and Decoding Processes in Learning into new chapter on Encoding and Retrieval Done!
 * 5. Combine these into one chapter: Social Cognitive Theory, Social Context of Cognition, Social-Emotional Learning Done!
 * 6. Chapter on Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning. Done!
 * 7. Combine chapters on Motivation, Attribution and Emotion. Done!
 * 8. Beliefs About Learning and Knowledge combine with previous chapter Done!
 * distribute content from "Technologies and Designs for Learning" over other chapters where appropriate.
 * 9. Combine Argumentation and Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking and Expertise into one chapter. Done!
 * 10. Learning Science and Conceptual Change Done!
 * 11. Learning to Read Done!
 * 12. Learning Mathematics Done!

Chapter Names
Added a new chapter 1 name. This is where the newly named chapter one will go. The original chapter is still there until it's content can be salvaged. Dwt2 (discuss • contribs) 04:09, 19 July 2016 (UTC)