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General Teaching and Learning Theory

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• Anderson, J.R. (1990). Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.
• Anderson, J.R. (1990). The Adaptive Character of Thought. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Brandt, B.L., Farmer Jr., J.A. & Buckmaster, A. (1993). "Cognitive Apprenticeship Approach to Helping Adults Learn." In D.D. Flannery (Ed.) Applying Cognitive Learning Theory to Adult Learning. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 59. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Chi, M.T.H., Glaser, R, & Farr, M.J. (1988). The Nature of Expertise. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• **Chickering, A. & Gamson, Z. (1989) Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education: Faculty Inventory . Racine, WI: Johnson Foundation.
• Detterman, D.K. & Sternberg, R.J., Editors (1993). Transfer on Trial: Intelligence, Cognition, and Instruction. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing.
• Farnham-Diggory, S. (1994). "Paradigms of Knowledge and Instruction." Review of Educational Research, 64(3), 463-477.
• Farr, M.J. (1987). The Long-Term Retention of Knowledge and Skills: A Cognitive and Instructional Perspective. New York: Springer-Verlag.
• Ford, M.E. (1992). Motivating Humans: Goals, Emotions and Personal Agency Beliefs Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
• Gentner, D. & Stevens, A.L., Editors (1983). Mental Models. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Hatfield, S.R., Editor (1995). The Seven Principles in Action: Improving Undergraduate Education. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.
• Hoffmann, R.R., Editor (1992). The Psychology of Expertise: Cognitive Research and Empirical AI. New York: Springer-Verlag.
• Kurfiss, J.G. (1988). Critical Thinking: Theory, Research, Practice and Possibilites. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No.2. Washington, DC: The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development. (Except from Ch.1 and Chapter on Teaching Critical Thinking in the Disciplines)
• Larkin, J.H., Heller, J.I. & Greeno, J.G. (1980). "Instructional Implications of Research on Problem Solving." In W.J. McKeachie (Ed.), Learning, Cognition and College Teaching. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no.2. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (pp. 51-65)
• McKeachie, W.J. (1980). Learning, Cognition, and College Teaching. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no. 2. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• **Menges, R.J., & Svinicki, M.D. (1991). College Teaching: From Theory to Practice. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 45. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Milton, O. & Associates. (1978). On College Teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Nelson, C. (1997). "Tools for Tampering with Teaching's Taboos." In W. E. Campbell & K. A. Smith (Eds.) New Paradigms for College Teaching Edina, MN: Interaction Book Co. (pp. 51-78)
• Nelson, T.O., Editor (1992). Metacognition: Core Readings. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
• O'Neill, H.F. & Drillings, M., Editors (1994). Motivation: Theory and Research Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Pintrich, P.R., Brown, D.R. & Weinstein, C.E., Editors (1994). Student Motivation, Cognition and Learning: Essays in Honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Simon, H.A. (1989). Models of Thought, Volume II. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• Sorcinelli, M.D. (1995). "Research Finding on the Seven Principles." In J.G. Haworth & C.F. Conrad (Eds.), Revisioning Curriculum in Higher Education. ASHE Reader Series. Needham Heights, MA: Simon & Schuster. (pp. 368-376)
• Tuma, D. & Reif, F., Editors (1980). Problem Solving and Education: Issues in Teaching and Research. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• West, L.H. and Pines, A.L. (1985). Cognitive Structure and Conceptual Change. Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
• Wlodkowski, R.J. (1993). Enahncing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Guide to Improving Instruction and Improving Learner Achievement. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

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Adapted from the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence at Carnegie Mellon University