Fenwick, TJ. Expanding conceptions of experiential learning: A review of the five contemporary perspectives on cognition. Adult Education Quarterly 50, (4): 243. 2000. In this article Fenwick outlines and compares five modern approaches to learning through experience. An excellent resource for introducing modern theories on experiential learning.
Flower, Linda . Writer--Based Prose -- Cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing. College English 41, (1): 19. 1979.
In this article, Flower offers a method for teaching writing that is based on the ways in which our brains function. She includes some useful and insightful research on writing and cognition.
Flower, Linda, and John Hayes. Writing research and the writer. American Psychologist 41, : 1106. 1986.
Flower and Hayes offer some insight in this article as to the connection between thought and writing.
Harris, Roy. How does Writing Restructure Thought. Language Communication 9, (2--3): 99. 1989.
In this article, Harris discusses the history of writing and the ways in which the process of writing restructures thought on a cultural level. Harris seeks to demonstrate that cultures change upon the advent of writing, but makes a number of claims about individuals as well.
Kellogg, Ronald. Long--term working memory in text production. Memory Cognition 29, (1): 43. 2001.
In this article, Kellogg discusses the role of memory in the writing process. This is a technical discussion of a study on reaction times in written tasks and content knowledge.
Menary, Richard. Writing as thinking. Language Sciences 29, (5): 621. 2007.
Menary discusses the impact that writing has on our thought processes and our relationship to information.
Myers, David G. Psychology. 7th ed. Holland Michigan: Worth Publishers. 2004.
Myers has written an extremely useful psychology textbook, which that is ideally suited to use in the AP Psychology classroom. It provides a great deal of background in a format that is quite accessible.
Vygotsky, L.S. Prehistory of Written Speech. Social Science Information 17, (1): 1. 1978.
In this article Vygotsky, one of the premier thinkers in developmental psychology, offers an explanation of the origins of writing as they compare to the origins of verbal communication.
Wertsch, James. L. S. Vygotsky's "new" theory of mind. The American Scholar 57, : 81. 1988.
In this article Wertsch offers a critique of some of Vygotsky's work.