The Design of Instruction and Evaluation: Affordances of Using Media and Technology

by Rabinowitz, Mitchell; Blumberg, Fran C.; Everson, Howard T.; Fisch, Shalom M.

• ISBN13: 9780805837636
• ISBN10: 0805837639
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-29
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Addresses the design of instructional&evaluation systems&the use&promise of the use of media&technology w/in such systems.The premise is that the study of psychology provides the scientific underpinnings of successful design that improves learning.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Design of Instruction and Evaluation: Psychological Foundations	vii
Mitchell Rabinowitz
Part I Affordances of Media
1 Characteristics of Effective Materials for Informal Education: A Cross-Media Comparison of Television, Magazines, and Interactive Media	3	(16)
Shalom M. Fisch
2 Media Forms for Children's Learning	19	(14)
Sandra L. Calvert
3 Designing Multimedia Technology That Supports Human Learning	33	(20)
Richard E. Mayer
Part II Affordances of Technology
4 Opportunities for Learning and Development in an After-School Computer Club	53	(24)
Mary Gauvain and Sharon Borthwick-Duffy
5 Learning Affordances of Collaborative Software Design	77	(24)
Yasmin B. Kafai, Cynthia Carter Ching, and Sue Marshall
6 How the Internet Will Help Large-Scale Assessment Reinvent Itself	101	(20)
Randy Elliot Bennett
7 Technology, the Columbus Effect, and the Third Revolution in Learning	121	(22)
J.D. Fletcher
Part III Affordances of Software
8 Asynchronous Learning in Graduate School Classes	143	(12)
Fran C. Blumberg, Meira Torenherg, and Lori M. Sokol
9 Hints in Human and Computer Tutoring	155	(28)
Rachel E. DiPaolo, Arthur C. Graesser, Douglas J. Hacker, Holly A. White, and the Tutoring Research Group
10 Intelligent Tutors Need Intelligent Measurement, or the Other Way 'Round	183	(22)
Howard T. Everson
Author Index	205	(8)
Subject Index	213