Cognitive tasks and learning

Liesbeth Kester, Paul A. Kirschner

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    Abstract

    Cognitive tasks are those undertakings that require a person to mentally process new information (i.e., acquire and organize knowledge / learn) and allow them to recall, retrieve that information from memory and to use that information at a later time in the same or similar situations (i.e., transfer).
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning
    EditorsNorbert M. Seel
    Place of PublicationBoston, MA, USA
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages619-622
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4419-1428-6
    ISBN (Print)978-1-4419-1427-9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • cognitivism
    • schema theory
    • cognitive load theory
    • expertise
    • Complex tasks
    • Higher-order tasks
    • Intellectual tasks
    • Problem-solving tasks

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