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COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY THEORY: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION

by
Mohamed Traore








University of Colorado at Denver
April, 2003



In her article entitled “Cognitive Flexibility Theory: Implications for Teaching and Teacher Education,” Boger-Mehall points out the importance of Cognitive Flexibility Theory. She describes how ill-structured aspects of knowledge pose problems for advanced knowledge acquisition that are remedied by the principles of Cognitive Flexibility Theory. This cognitive theory of learning is systematically applied to an instructional theory called Random Access Instruction, which in turn guides the design of nonlinear computer learning environments we refer to as Cognitive Flexibility Hypertexts. (Spiro, et al., 1992).
A linear model type of instruction becomes ineffective when the subject matter that students need to focus on is not simple and well-structured, states Boger-Mehall. She goes on to affirm t...