Software Goes to School Teaching for Understanding with New Technology

by Perkins, David N.; Schwartz, Judah L.; West, Mary Maxwell; Stone Wiske, Martha

• ISBN13: 9780195089387
• ISBN10: 0195089383
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-01-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

David N. Perkins is Co-director of Project Zero, Associate of the Educational Technology Center, and Senior Research Associate, all at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Judah L. Schwartz is Professor of Engineering Science and Education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Professor of Education and Co-director at the Educational Technology Center at Harvard.
Martha Stone Wiske is Co-director of the Educational Technology Center, Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, and Lecturer at Harvard.
Mary Maxwell West is Senior Research Associate in the Program Evaluation & Research Group at Lesley College.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Introduction

Understanding Understanding

Can Technology Help Teach for Understanding?

Uses of History of Science to Understand and Remedy Students' Misconceptions about Heat and Temperature

On Understanding the Nature of Scientific Knowledge

History of Mathematics as a Tool for Teaching Mathematics for Understanding

Inside Understanding

Using Technology to Make a Distinctive Contribution

Shuttling Between the Particular and the General: Reflections of the Role of Conjecture and Hypothesis in the Generation of Knowledge in Science and Mathematics

Conceptually Enhanced Simulations: A Computer Tool for Science Teaching

Creating Cybernetic and Psychological Ramps from the Concrete to the Abstract: Examples from Multiplicative Structure

Multiple Representations: A Vehicle for Understanding Understanding

The Right Size Byte: Reflections of an Educational Software Designer

Connecting Educational Research and Practice

A Cultural Perspective on School-University Collaboration

Managing the Tensions in Connecting Students' Inquiry with Learning Mathematics in School

Constructing Understanding in the Science Classroom: Integrating Laboratory Experiments, Student and Computer Models, and Class Discussion in Learning Scientific Concepts

Teaching the Metacurriculum: A New Approach to Enhancing Subject-Matter Learning

Integrating Computers into Classroom Teaching: Cross-National Perspectives

Index

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