Overview
- International collaboration with current perspectives on the research of mental models
- Contributors from a wide variety of educational research and innovative work in the area of mental models
- Combines Seel's three fields of interest: foundations and methodologies of mental models, model-based theories of instruction, and engineering the model-based learning environment
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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For more than 25 years, the pioneering research and theories of Norbert Seel have had a profound impact on educational thought in mathematics. In this special tribute, an international panel of researchers present the current state of model-based education: its research, methodology, and technology. Fifteen stimulating, sometimes playful chapters link the multiple ways of constructing knowledge (and domains as diverse as cognitive science, computer science, and philosophy) to the complex real world of skill development; generalize model-based theories into educational settings; and explain how to design and evaluate model-centered learning environments. Extensive reading lists, provocative graphics, and a wealth of cultural touchstones from the Bible to Bob Dylan make Understanding Models for Learning and Instruction an accessible yet thought provoking collection.
A sampling of the topics covered:
- Evidence-based assessment of learning models
- Translating cognitive theory into educational practice
- New approaches to tracking mental change over time
- Applying psychoeducational theory to the hands-on classroom
- Using games as a strategy for constructing model-centered learning environments
- Externalizing mental models with Mindtools
This synthesis of latest innovations and fresh perspectives on classic constructs makes Understanding Models for Learning and Instruction cutting-edge reading for the researchers and educators in mathematics instruction building the next generation of educational models.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Foundations and Methodologies of Mental Model Research
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Model-Based Theories of Instruction
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Engineering the Model Environment
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Models for Learning and Instruction:
Book Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Norbert M. Seel
Editors: Dirk Ifenthaler, Pablo Pirnay-Dummer, J. Michael Spector
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76898-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-76897-7Published: 28 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4579-2Published: 04 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-76898-4Published: 22 February 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 330
Topics: Learning & Instruction, Educational Technology, Pedagogic Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Mathematics Education, Education, general