Cognition and Instruction

Preface

 

This volume is based on papers presented in June 1999 at the 30th Carnegie Symposium on Cognition. This particular symposium was unusual in that it was conceived in reference to the 1974 symposium entitled Cognition and Instruction (Klahr, 1976). The central question for that symposium was not so different from the basic question that we all still face: “What contributions can current research in cognitive psychology make to the solution of problems in instructional design?” Speakers discussed a variety of topics, including innovative strategies for instructional research, process and structure in learning, processes for comprehending instructions, and the development of what Robert Glaser dubbed “a linking science—a science of instructional ...