Cognitive Sciences for Computing Education

doi:10.1017/9781108654555.010

9 - Cognitive Sciences for Computing Education

from Part II - Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2019

Anthony V. Robins ,

Lauren E. Margulieux and

Briana B. Morrison

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Sally A. Fincher and

Anthony V. Robins

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Sally A. Fincher: Affiliation:
University of Kent, Canterbury
Anthony V. Robins: Affiliation:
University of Otago, New Zealand

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Computing education research (CEdR) has developed within the context of the broader disciplines of cognitive science and education. This chapter is an introduction to cognitive science for computing education researchers. Cognitive science is typically defined as the interdisciplinary study of the mind and its processes. The disciplines usually included within its scope include philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, and artificial intelligence. Methodologically, CEdR shares the tools and methods of enquiry employed within these disciplines: empirically, CEdR has been guided and influenced by what we know about human cognition and learning: theoretically, CEdR has adopted paradigms such as cognitivism and constructivism. This chapter provides an introduction to topics in human cognition such as perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, problem solving, the transfer of learning, and cognitive load. It also describes the levels of analysis which are often used to organise explanations in the cognitive sciences.

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