Education & learning publications
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Protocol Modeling, Bifurcation/Bootstrapping, And Convince Me: Computer-Based Methods For Studying Beliefs And Their Revision
This paper traces a progression of four computer-based methods for studying and fostering both the structure and the on-line development of knowledge. Each empirical technique employs ECHO, a connectionist model…
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Learning In Interactive Environments: Prior Knowledge And New Experience
Educators often focus on the ideas that they want their audience to have. But research has shown that a learner’s prior knowledge often confounds an educator’s best efforts to deliver…
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No Girls Allowed
Discusses girls' use of computers and examines why they are often discouraged and lose interest.
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On Using Technology For Understanding Science
This essay calls for the science education community to consider seriously the educational implications of technology-derived fundamental changes in scientific methodologies.
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Supporting Pascal Programming With An On-Line Template Library And Case Studies
In this project, we devised an on-line network of Pascal programming templates called a template library, and tested it with subjects (classified as novice, intermediate, and expert Pascal programmers) both…
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Misconceptions Reconceived: A Constructivist Analysis Of Knowledge In Transition
This article uses a critical evaluation of research on student misconceptions in science and mathematics to articulate a constructivist view of learning in which student conceptions play productive roles in…
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Beyond The Light Bulb: The Promise Of Technology In The Edison Project
Describes the Edison Project, a plan to integrate technology into schools and school systems that will support communication, collaboration, research, text and multimedia authoring and publishing, resource access and management,…
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Constructing A Joint Problem Space: The Computer As A Tool For Sharing Knowledge
This chapter presents a case study intended to exemplify the use of a computer as a cognitive tool for learning that occurs socially. We investigate a particularly important kind of…
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The Design and Assessment of A Hypermedia Course on Semiconductor Manufacturing
Learning effects were assessed. Results suggest that subjects who browsed via hypermedia links tended to more often bridge topic areas rather than explore them in depth, but there were little…
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Learning By Collaborating: Convergent Conceptual Change
The goal of this article is to construct an integrated approach to collaboration and conceptual change. To this end, a case of conceptual change is analyzed from the point of…
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Simpson’s Paradox: A Maximum Likelihood Solution
Simpson's paradox exemplifies a class of problems that can arise when the logic used to reason about the semantics of propositional sentences does not adequately capture certain dependencies between sentences…
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Discovery Learning And Transfer Of Problem Solving Skills
A framework for understanding the effects of discovery learning on the transfer of problem-solving skill is presented.