References and Resources

Spiro, R. J., Feltovich, P. J., Jacobson, M. J., & Coulson, R. L. (1991). Cognitive flexibility, constructivism, and hypertext: Random access instruction for advanced knowledge acquisition in ill-structured domains. Educational Technology, 24-33.

Very succinct CFT summary
http://ead.reit.up.pt:8900/orch/flextheo.htm

Another very short CFT summary
http://tip.psychology.org/spiro.html

Cognitive Flexibility Theory as a Pedagogy for Web-Based Course Design
http://www.mtsu.edu/~dgraddy/conf/octconf.htm

Cognitive Flexibility Theory: Implications for Teaching and Teacher Education
http://www.kdassem.dk/didaktik/l4-16.htm

Rand Spiro's original paper
http://phoenix.sce.fct.unl.pt/simposio/Rand_Spiro.htm

Doug Harvey's CFT application website
http://www.higherweb.com/html/cfh.html