{"id":54,"date":"2014-04-17T06:52:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T10:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:49:57","slug":"read-recs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/?page_id=54","title":{"rendered":"Reading Recs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are readings we would recommend for chemistry instructors who would like to explore how cognitive science can help us guide students in learning.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Cognition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> Two articles and two books on how the student brain solves problems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><b>Clark:\u00a0 <\/b>\u201c<b>The Human Brain<\/b> \u2013 Learning 101: \u201d\u00a0 A 4-page summary of research in cognition, on pages 8-11 of <i>Putting Students on the Path to Learning<\/i> at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ971752.pdf\">Brain<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><b>NMAP:\u00a0 <\/b>On math (but applies to chemistry, too):\u00a0 Pages 4-xi and 4-2 to 4-10\u00a0 in <i>The Report of the Task Group on Learning Processes<\/i> in the <i>Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel <\/i>(2008) at\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/bdscomm\/list\/mathpanel\/report\/learning-processes.pdf\">NMAP<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li><b>Willingham:<\/b>\u00a0 For summer reading, <i>Why Don\u2019t Students Like School b<\/i>y cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham is a 240 page paperback for under $20.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make It Stick:\u00a0<\/strong> The book<em> Make It Stick<\/em> describes the importance of memorization in student learning. \u00a0 A review in the <em>Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em> is at\u00a0 <a title=\"MakingItStick\" href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Making-It-Stick\/146143\/?cid=at&amp;utm_source=at&amp;utm_medium=enttp:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MakeItStick<\/a> .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Math computation:\u00a0 <\/b>Data on why the current generation has such problems solving calculations in the sciences, and what we can do about it, is at<b> \u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemreview.net\/BCCE2012Math.pdf\">BCCEmath<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Flipping Chemistry:\u00a0 <\/b>The paper at the link below explores how cognitive research can help instructors transfer more of lecture content to study time, to have more time in lecture for demonstrations, discussions, and problem solving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChemReview.Net\/FlipChem.pdf\">www.ChemReview.Net\/FlipChem.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0 <b>Comprehension:\u00a0 <\/b>A superb short paperback on reading comprehension (key to improving the efficiency of student self-study) is <em>The Knowledge Deficit<\/em> by E. D. Hirsch, Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following are readings we would recommend for chemistry instructors who would like to explore how cognitive science can help us guide students in learning. 1.\u00a0\u00a0 Cognition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Two articles and two books on how the student brain solves problems: Clark:\u00a0&hellip;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/?page_id=54\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemreview.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}