Powerful Learning Environments : Unravelling Basic Components and Dimensions

by De Corte; Verschaffel; Entwistle; van Merriënboer

• ISBN13: 9780080442754
• ISBN10: 0080442757
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-29
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Summary

Over the past ten to fifteen years the international scene of research on learning and instruction has witnessed the emergence of important and promising developments. New theoretical frameworks, design principles, and research methodologies focusing on the construction, implementation, and evaluation of powerful learning environments have been put forward, coming from three intersecting subdomains within the broader field of research on learning and instruction - namely instructional psychology, instructional technology, and instructional design. Although it is obvious that the developments in those three subdomains are characterized by similarities and convergencies, there are still important differences. Therefore, there is a great need for scientific debate and attempts to integrate, or justify, the contrasting theoretical frameworks, methodological approaches, and empirical outcomes. A European research network, coordinated by the Center for Instructional Psychology and Technology of the University of Leuven, has been set up to work towards this end. The present volume is the first collective output of this European research network, and focuses on unravelling and identifying basic component and dimensions of powerful learning environments. It is based on the presentations and discussions that constituted the "piece de résistance" of a first meeting of the research network.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Introduction	xi
Part I: General Perspectives on Components and Dimensions of Powerful Learning Environments	1	(68)
Powerful Learning and the Many Faces of Instructional Design: Toward a Framework for the Design of Powerful Learning Environments	3	(18)
Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer
Fred Paas
Designing Learning Environments that Foster the Productive Use of Acquired Knowledge and Skills	21	(14)
Erik De Corte
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: An Approach to Powerful Learning Environments	35	(20)
Erno Lehtinen
Learning to Work Creatively With Knowledge	55	(14)
Carl Bereiter
Marlene Scardamalia
Part II: Identifying and Measuring Components and Dimensions of Powerful Learning Environments: Experiences and Reflections	69	(56)
Measuring Behavioral Change Processes During an Ongoing Innovation Program: Scope and Limits	71	(18)
Monique Boekaerts
Alexander Minnaert
Investigating Ways of Enhancing University Teaching-Learning Environments: Measuring Students' Approaches to Studying and Perceptions of Teaching	89	(20)
Noel Entwistle
Velda McCune
Jenny Hounsell
The Power of Learning Environments and the Quality of Student Learning	109	(16)
Jan D. Vermunt
Part III: Design and Application of Technological Tools to Support Learning in Powerful Learning Environments	125	(54)
Informational Support in Designing Powerful Learning Environments	127	(16)
Jules Pieters
Renate Limbach
Ton de Jong
Computer Technologies in Powerful Learning Environments: The Case of Using Animated and Interactive Graphics for Teaching Financial Concepts	143	(16)
Mireille Betrancourt
Pierre Dillenbourg
Cecile Montarnal
Computer Support for Collaborative and Argumentative Writing	159	(20)
Gijsbert Erkens
Gellof Kanselaar
Maaike Prangsma
Jos Jaspers
Part IV: The Role of Peer Tutoring and Collaboration for Promoting Conceptual Change and Intentional Learning in Different Content Domains	179	(52)
Using Collaborative, Computer-Supported, Model Building to Promote Conceptual Change in Science	181	(16)
Stella Vosniadou
Vassilios Kollias
Analysis of Peer Interaction among Children in a Tutoring Situation Pertaining to Mathematical Problems of the Multiplying Type	197	(16)
Marcel Crahay
Genevieve Hindryckx
Martine Lebe
Effects of Explicit Reading Strategies Instruction and Peer Tutoring on Second and Fifth Graders	213	(18)
Hilde Van Keer
Jean Pierre Verhaeghe
Author Index	231	(4)
Subject Index	235