The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education

Book Overview

This Handbook reviews a wealth of research in cognitive and educational psychology that investigates how to enhance learning and instruction to aid students struggling to learn and to advise teachers on how best to support student learning. The Handbook includes features that inform readers about how to improve instruction and student achievement based on scientific evidence across different domains, including science, mathematics, reading and writing. Each chapter supplies a description of the learning goal, a balanced presentation of the current evidence about the efficacy of various approaches to obtaining that learning goal, and a discussion of important future directions for research in this area. It is the ideal resource for researchers continuing their study of this field or for those only now beginning to explore how to improve student achievement.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108416012
• ISBN13: 9781108416016
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 748 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.6" x 10.1"