Most would agree that the acquisition of problem-solving ability is a primary goal of education. The emergence of the new information technologiesin the last ten years has raised high expectations with respect to the possibilities of the computer as an instructional tool for enhancing students' problem-solving skills. This volume is the first to assemble, review, and discuss the theoretical, methodological, and developmental knowledge relating to this topical issue in a multidisciplinary confrontation of highly recommended experts in cognitive science, computer science, educational technology, and instructional psychology. Contributors describe the most recent results and the most advanced methodological approaches relating to the application of the computer for encouraging knowledge construction, stimulating higher-order thinking and problem solving, and creating powerfullearning environments for pursuing those objectives. The computer applications relate to a variety of content domains and age levels.This puts pressure on the land -- the Chinese have to decide how to balance saving a habitat for pandas and getting food ... are different from one another in many ways: they live in different climates (wetter versus dryer, colder versus warmer, anbsp;...
Title | : | Computer-Based Learning Environments and Problem Solving |
Author | : | Erik De Corte, Marcia Linn, Heinz Mandl, Lieven Verschaffel |
Publisher | : | Springer Science & Business Media - 2013-06-29 |
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