Philip Bell

Autumn 1998

EDPSY581C
Developing a Cognitive Design Science for
Innovative Technologies and Instruction


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In preparation for class on October 13th (Week 3) . . .

Educational Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Classrooms

READINGS:

Brown, A. L., & Campione, J. C. (1994). Guided discovery in a community of learners. In K. McGilly (Ed.), Classroom lessons: Integrating cognitive theory and classroom practice, . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books.

Norman, D. A. & Spohrer, J. C. (1996, April). Learner-centered education. Communications of the ACM, 39(4), 24-27.

One or two of the short articles from the series on learner-centered design in CACM, 39(4)
    Schank & Kass  -   Woolf  -   Edelson et al.  -   Linn  -   Scardamalia & Bereiter  -   Kafai  -   Eden et al.
    Guzdial et al.  -   Rosson & Carroll  -   Jackson et al.
THE INNOVATION FOR GROUP REVIEW:

AgentSheets
   WEB SITE  -   BACKGROUND  -   PAPER1  -   PAPER2  -  CLASSIC PROJECTS  -   PROJECT SHOWCASE
SOMETHING ELSE TO CHECK OUT . . .

"The Seduction of Technology" by Sean Gonsalves
(Editorial on a new book out about computers in education by Jane Healy called Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds--for Better and Worse.)
Philip Bell, University of Washington