1. Introduction: Good Thinking, Good Teaching, and Alternative Ways of Studying.
I. GOOD INFORMATION PROCESSING.
2. Strategies and Metacognitive Regulation of Strategies: Basic Theory and Research.
3. Knowledge.
4. The Role of Knowledge in Cognition.
5. Enhancing Student Motivation.
6. Biological Foundations.
II. OTHER GRAND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES.
7. Classical Theories of Learning and Development.
8. Social Interactional Theories of Learning and Development.
9. Preparing Students to Think Responsibly About Difficult Social Problems.
III. IMPORTANT EMPIRICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.
10. Basic Mechanisms Affecting Learning.
11. Teaching Practices and the Development of Intellect.
IV. COGNITION AND INSTRUCTION.
12. Science Misconceptions, Alter native Frameworks, or Whatever.
13. Mathematical Problem Solving.
14. Literacy I: Reading.
15. Literacy II: Writing.
V. ASSESSMENT AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES.
16. Traditional Assessments and Conceptualizations of Intelligence and Academic Competence.
17. Alternative Assessments.
18. Various Types of Learners.
