Teaching and Measuring Cognitive Readiness

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Neil, Harold F. (Editor), Perez, Ray S. (Editor), Baker, Eva L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational technology.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Educational Psychology.; Educational Technology.

Teaching and Measuring Cognitive Readiness presents theoretical and empirical findings regarding cognitive readiness and assessments of their impact on adult learning.  Specific topics discussed are: The need for cognitive readiness instructional and assessment strategies The need to integrate asses...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I Theory/Context
• What Is Cognitive Readiness?
• The Evolving Definition of Cognitive Readiness for Military Operations
• Learning and Assessment: 21st Century Skills and Cognitive Readiness
• A Model for Instruction and Assessment of Cognitive Readiness
• Situational Load and Personal Attributes: Implications for Cognitive Readiness, Adaptive Readiness, and Training
• The Development and Assessment of Cognitive Readiness: Lessons Learned from K-12 Education
• Cognitive Readiness for Solving Equations
• What Problem Solvers Know: Cognitive Readiness for Adaptive Problem Solving
• A Theoretically-Based Approach to Cognitive Readiness and Situation Awareness Assessment
• Adaptive Expertise and Cognitive Readiness: A Perspective from the Expert-Performance Approach
• Part II Cognitive Readiness Applications
• Creative Thinking Abilities: Measures for Various Domains
• Using Analogies as a Basis for Teaching Cognitive Readiness
• Simulation Assessment of Cognitive Readiness
• Assessing Cognitive Readiness in a Simulation-based Training Environment
• Software Support for Teaching and Measuring Cognitive Readiness
• Cognitive Readiness for Complex Team Performance
• Impact of Individual Game-Based Training on Team Cognitive Readiness.