Technology-Based Learning Environments: Psychological and Educational Foundations

✍ Scribed by Stella Vosniadou, Erik De Corte, Heinz Mandl (auth.), Stella Vosniadou, Erik De Corte, Heinz Mandl (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 312
• Series: NATO ASI Series 137
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The present volume contains a large number of the papers contributed to the Advanced Study Institute on the Psychological and Educational Foundations of Technology-Based Learning Environments, which took place in Crete in the summer of 1992. The purpose of the Advanced Study Institute was to bring together a small number of senior lecturers and advanced graduate students to investigate and discuss the psychological and educational foundations of technology-based learning environments and to draw the implications of recent research findings in the area of cognitive science for the development of educational technology. As is apparent from the diverse nature of the contributions included in this volume, the participants at the ASI came from different backgrounds and looked at the construction of technology -based learning environments from rather diverse points of view. Despite the diversity, a surprising degree of overlap and agreement was achieved. Most of the contributors agreed that the kinds of technology-supported learning environments we should construct should stimulate students to be active and constructive in their knowledge-building efforts, embed learning in meaningful and authentic activities, encourage collaboration and social interaction, and take into consideration students' prior knowledge and beliefs.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Editors’ Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
From Cognitive Theory to Educational Technology....Pages 11-18
Toward the Integration of Computers in Powerful Learning Environments....Pages 19-25
Learning with Computer-Based Exploratory Environments in Science and Mathematics....Pages 26-32
Modelling, a Means for Expressing Thinking: ESRC Tools for Exploratory Learning Research Programme....Pages 33-39
Knowledge Application in Complex Systems....Pages 40-47
Internalization and Learning Environments....Pages 48-54
Learning: From Interactivity to Cooperation....Pages 55-66
Peer Interactions Among Adolescents Using Computer Networks in an International Role Playing Exercise....Pages 67-71
Implementing a Model of Cognitive Development in an Intelligent Learning Environment....Pages 72-78
Differences in Patterns: Studying Computer Enhanced Learning Environments....Pages 79-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Multimedia Environments for Enhancing Science Instruction....Pages 89-96
The Mars Mission Challenge : A Generative, Problem-Solving School Science Environment....Pages 97-103
Studying and Teaching Model-based Reasoning in Science....Pages 104-111
Promoting Studies on Conceptual Change....Pages 112-118
Diagnosing Students’ Physics Knowledge and Remediating Learning Difficulties: A Computer-Based Approach....Pages 119-125
Development of a Learning Environment for Basic Electricity....Pages 126-133
Development of an Information System to Help Conceptual Change Concerning the Human Nervous System....Pages 134-140
Analysis of Physics Knowledge for Learning Environments....Pages 141-149
Integrating Computer Software Tools in Learning Environments for Meaningful Learning....Pages 150-156
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Ecoland: A Hypermedia Prototype for Environmental Education....Pages 157-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Multimedia Environments for Enhancing Student Learning in Mathematics....Pages 167-173
Tutoring Mathematical Text Problems: From Cognitive Task Analysis to Didactic Tools....Pages 174-182
Less Can Be More: Unintelligent Tutoring Based on Psychological Theories and Experimentation....Pages 183-192
The Use of an Intermediate Model for Solving Word Problems....Pages 193-199
Qualitative Analysis of Children’s Learning of Programming in the Context of a Developing Culture of Open-Ended Project Work in a Primary School....Pages 200-207
Computer-Assisted Learning to Read and Write: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study....Pages 208-215
Computer Facilitations of the Writing Process....Pages 216-224
Flow Driven English Course....Pages 225-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Investigating the Use of Knowledge Profiles in a Flexible Learning Environment: Analyzing Students’ Prior Knowledge States....Pages 235-242
Knowledge and Learning Skill Student Model....Pages 243-249
Semantic Networks Of Action....Pages 250-259
Representation Systems in Mathematics and Science: The Era of Computers....Pages 260-267
Use of Graphics in Computer Aided Learning in Chemistry....Pages 268-275
Effects of Visible Link-Types on Learning in Hypertext Systems....Pages 276-282
Knowledge Construction and Acquisition in a Hypermedia Environment Customized for Learning Purposes....Pages 283-289
Hypertext Learning Environments and Epistemic Beliefs: A Preliminary Investigation....Pages 290-295
Investigating Motivation and Cooperation in Computer-Assisted Learning: A Pilot Study....Pages 296-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-309

✦ Subjects

Simulation and Modeling