Evaluate research through a review of literature that examines one or more characteristics of cognition and learning, and apply it to a practice context within your specialization.

Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory: Overview
Complete a review of the historical and contemporary literature on a specific topic in cognition and instruction. The project will assess the learner’s ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate literature related to cognition and instruction in a meaningful context. The topic must relate to some aspect of cognition and instruction such as constructivism, motivation, or social learning theory.
For this final project, make up several hypotheses and gear your review towards them, as if they were your hypotheses. Project Objectives
To successfully complete this project, you will be expected to:
1. Evaluate historical and contemporary theories of learning and cognition.
2. Evaluate cognitive sub-processes.
3. Evaluate research through a review of literature that examines one or more characteristics of cognition and learning, and apply it to a practice context within your specialization.
4. Evaluate social and personal influences on cognition.
A paper of this length should have at least 20 references. The majority of them should be original research articles published in legitimate scientific journals. A few review or survey articles are also acceptable.