Learners, Learning & Assessment (Learning, Curriculum and Assessment series)

✍ Scribed by Patricia F Murphy

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 369
• Series: Learning, Curriculum and Assessment series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

`A wealth of material for educators in schools, universities and other educational settings. They will also be a substantial resource for students undertaking higher degree studies in education.... Sure to make a significant contribution to policy development, educational practice and school reform in future' - Teacher Development This textbook provides a theoretical framework for considering past and current developments in research into views of the mind and of learning. Controversial aspects of learning theories are examined, in particular the differing perspectives on the process of knowledge construction. The implications of the various theories for assessment practice are also made expl

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Series Introduction......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
1
On Becoming Labelled the
Story of Adam......Page 16
2 Reconstructing Educational Psychology......Page 38
3 Is Everyone Musical?......Page 61
4 Making up the Mind......Page 73
5 Cognitive Development Through Social Interaction: Vygotsky and Piaget......Page 84
6 Legitimate Peripheral Participation......Page 98
7 Assessment in Context......Page 105
8 Assessment, Learning Theories and Testing Systems......Page 133
9 Where Is the Mind?......Page 150
10 Problem Solving as a Basis for Reformin Curriculum and Instruction: the Case of Mathematics......Page 166
11 Assessment Issues in a Performancebased Subject: a Case Study of Physical Education......Page 186
12 Outcomes, Competencies and Traineecentred Learning: the Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality......Page 206
15 Design of MIST a System to Help Students Develop Metacognition......Page 260
16 Supporting Collaborative Learning: a Gender Dimension......Page 273
17 The Validity and Reliability of Assessments and Self-assessments of Work-based Learning......Page 292
18
Cultural Bridging and Children's
Learning......Page 305
19
Anyone for Tennis? Social Class
Differences in Children's Responses to
National Curriculum Mathematics
Testing......Page 320
20 Securing Conceptual Development in Workplaces......Page 344
Index......Page 360