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Understanding the Relevance of Cognitive Psychology to Composition: Taking a Closer Look at How Cognitive Psychology has Influenced Ideas about Reading, Writing, and the Teaching Process

Berkowitz, Megan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1208900950

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2008, Master of Technical and Scientific Communication, Miami University, Technical and Scientific Communication.
This thesis reviews literature on cognitive psychology to demonstrate its relevance to the field of composition with a specific focus on technical communication. It specifically addresses how cognitive psychology became important to composition and how it has enhanced the field's understanding of reading, writing, and teaching processes. In terms of reading, cognitive psychology provides the field with guidelines writers can use to best enhance reader comprehension. In terms of writing, cognitive psychology brings to the field the view of writing as a process. Teaching writing and reading processes involves looking at how the two are intertwined. Building on connections between reading and writing, contemporary studies of cognitive psychology focus on how teaching students metacognitive strategies can help students enhance their reading comprehension and improve their writing ability. MOOs and Knowledge Forums are presented as two examples of online learning environments that incorporate the teaching of metacognitive strategies. Ultimately, this thesis argues for the overt inclusion of cognitive psychological principles in writing classes as a way to help students understand the guidelines writing teachers pass on to them.
Jean Lutz (Committee Chair)
91 p.
Cognitive Therapy; Communication; Composition; Design; Education; Educational Evaluation; Educational Psychology; Higher Education; Linguistics; Literacy; Psychology; Reading Instruction; Teacher Education; Teaching
Cognitive Psychology; composition; writing; reading; reading comprehension; metacognition; metacognitive strategies; cognitive processes in writing; cognitive apprenticeship; MOOs; Knowledge Forums; Technical Communication; Social Cognitive Theory

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  • Berkowitz, M. (2008). Understanding the Relevance of Cognitive Psychology to Composition: Taking a Closer Look at How Cognitive Psychology has Influenced Ideas about Reading, Writing, and the Teaching Process [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1208900950

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Berkowitz, Megan. Understanding the Relevance of Cognitive Psychology to Composition: Taking a Closer Look at How Cognitive Psychology has Influenced Ideas about Reading, Writing, and the Teaching Process. 2008. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1208900950.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Berkowitz, Megan. "Understanding the Relevance of Cognitive Psychology to Composition: Taking a Closer Look at How Cognitive Psychology has Influenced Ideas about Reading, Writing, and the Teaching Process." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1208900950

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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