Research Catalog

Title

Software goes to school : teaching for understanding with new technologies / edited by David N. Perkins [and others].

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Perkins, David N.

Description

xvi, 288 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• As American students confront the multiple challenges of standardized tests, international comparisons, and drop-out pressures, educators and policy makers are seeking bold new teaching approaches with increasing urgency. One such approach - the introduction of innovative computer technologies into the classroom - has met with enthusiasm among students and instructors alike.
• Software Goes to School brings together leading experts to offer an in-depth examination of how computer technology can play an invaluable part in educational efforts through its unique capacities to support the development of students' understanding of difficult concepts. Focusing on three broad themes - the nature of understanding, the potential of technology in the classroom, and the transformation of educational theory into practice - the contributors discuss a wealth of subjects central to any efforts that intend to improve our schools. Topics range from the difficulties students encounter when learning new ideas (especially in science and mathematics), to how the right software allows for hands-on manipulation of abstract concepts, to the social realities of the educational environment.
• Lively and engaging, the book is must reading for students, researchers, and professionals in educational psychology, developmental psychology, software design, and for others who hope to see new technologies have a positive impact on our schools.

Subject

• Smith, Glen
• Educational technology
• Science > Study and teaching
• Mathematics > Study and teaching
• Computer-assisted instruction
• School management and organization
• Educational Technology
• Computer-Assisted Instruction
• Computerunterstützter Unterricht
• Software
• Onderwijstechnologie
• Mathematics > Computer-assisted instruction
• Science > Computer-assisted instruction

Genre/Form

Computer-assisted instruction.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Περιέχει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές και ευρετήριο.

Contents

Can technology help teach for understanding? / Raymond S. Nickerson -- Use of history of science to understand and remedy students' misconceptions about heat and temperature / Marianne Wiser -- On understanding the nature of scientific knowledge / Susan Carey and Carol Smith -- History of mathematics as a tool for teaching mathematics for understanding / Carlos E. Vasco -- Inside understanding / David N. Perkins [and others] -- Shuttling between the particular and the general : reflections on the role of conjecture and hypothesis in the generation of knowledge in science and mathematics / Judah L. Schwartz -- Conceptually enhanced simulations : a computer tool for science teaching / Joseph Snir, Carol Smith, and Lorraine Grosslight -- Creating cybernetic and psychological ramps from the concrete to the abstract : examples from multiplicative structures / James J. Kaput -- Multiple representations : a vehicle for understanding understanding / E. Paul Goldenberg -- The right size byte : reflections of an educational software designer / Judah L. Schwartz -- A cultural perspective on school-university collaboration / Martha Stone Wiske -- Managing the tensions in connecting students' inquiry with learning mathematics in school / Magdalene Lampert -- Constructing understanding in the science classroom : integrating laboratory experiments, student and computer models, and class discussion in learning scientific concepts / Joseph Snir and Carol Smith -- Teaching the metacurriculum : a new approach to enhancing subject-matter learning / Steven H. Schwartz and David N. Perkins -- Integrating computers into classroom teaching : cross-national perspectives / Margaret Vickers and Jane Smalley.

ISBN

• 0195089383
• 9780195089387
• 0195115775
• 9780195115772

LCCN

94017671

OCLC

• ocm30518592
• 30518592
• SCSB-2054002

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library