Jaime Diaz
Teaching
This year I was fortuate to receive the distinct honor of being selected by the Carnegie Foundation to be a Carnegie Scholar for 2000-2001 in the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL). The Carnegie Foundation is a major national and international center for research and policy studies about teaching. The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) is a major initiative of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information go to
the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The general theme of my project is to explore the use of computer tutorials in student learning. The specific question is how can computers help us gain access to students during that critical phases of their learning when a student retreats to think, reflect and consolidate the information she/he has gathered. Computer tutorials offer us not only entry into this "inner sanctum" of learning but a way of having an active presence there. For more information go to
I had joinied Dr. Eric Chudler, founder of the "Neuroscience For Kids" web site, and his team last Summer. I produced a QuickTimeVR movie - The Hidden Brian Challenge - which is currently posted on the Neuroscience For Kids web site. Please visit :
the Neuroscience for Kids web site (home page)
the Neuroscience for Kids web site section on Games and Activites
the QuickTimeVR movie - The Hidden Brain Challenge
Jaime Diaz
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Washington
All contents are copyright (C) 2000.
Mail : Department of Psychology
Guthrie Hall, room 335
Box 351525
Seattle, Washington 98195-1525
Voice : (206) 543-2546 (office/answering machine)
FAX : (206) 685-3157
email : diaz@u.washington.edu