Applying cognitive science to education : thinking and learning in scientific and other complex domains / Frederick Reif.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Performance, learning, and teaching -- Intellectual performance -- Important kinds of knowledge -- Specifying and interpreting concepts -- Interpreting scientific concepts -- Managing memory -- Methods and inferences -- Describing knowledge -- Organizing knowledge -- Making decisions -- Introduction to problem solving -- Systematic problem solving -- Dealing with complex problems -- Efficiency and compiled knowledge -- Quality assurance -- Unfamiliar knowledge domains -- Naive scientific knowledge -- Developing instruction -- Designing the learning process: Analysis -- Designing the learning process: Construction -- Fostering learning by teaching -- Instructional delivery methods -- Innovative instructional methods -- Some educational challenges.