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How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
Collaborative learning, 279–280
action research, 199
computer technology and, 209 , 212–213 , 219 , 221
scientist-student partnerships, 209 , 217
students, 74 , 108 , 141 , 152 , 182 , 192 , 222– 223
teachers, 195 , 197–199
Communication. See also Internet
cultural differences, 73 , 108–111 , 113
interactive, 207–208 , 219 , 262–263
mass media, 275–276
network, 220–221
research recommendations, 252 , 253 , 254 , 262–263 , 274 , 282–283
Communities of learners, 100 , 156–157 , 168 , 182 , 199 , 204
Communities of practice, 183–184 , 197–198 , 207–208 , 209 , 227–229 , 243
Community learning environments
broad community connections, 61 , 147– 149 , 154 , 224–226 , 245–246 , 274
children’s learning and, 82 , 111 , 112
classrooms, 25–26 , 144–147 , 154 , 246
computer technology and, 82 , 212–213 , 224–226 , 227–228
schools, 147 , 154
student-scientist partnerships, 209
for teachers, 27 , 197–199 , 204 , 227–229
Competence, 237–238 .
See also Expert performance;
Strategic competence
zone of proximal development, 70–71 , 72 , 108
Competitiveness of students, 146
Comprehension-fostering activities, 107–108
Computational modeling research, 14
Computer language tasks, 53 , 55 , 60 , 65
Computer programming experts, 33
Computer-Supported Intentional Learning Environments (CSILE), 219–220 , 221 , 227
Computer technology
classroom communications systems, 182 , 247
classroom-community connections, 82 , 207–208 , 209 , 224–226
curriculum innovations, 4 , 21 , 68 , 207– 213 , 262–263
feedback through, 178 , 182 , 216–224 , 243 , 258
games, 16
importance, 206–207 , 229–230 , 233 , 243 , 247
Internet, 27 , 209 , 220 , 224–226 , 227–228 , 243 , 270 , 282
recommendations, 243–244 , 247 , 255–256 , 257 , 258 , 262–263 , 269 , 270 , 277 , 284
scaffolds and scaffolding, 68 , 213–216 , 243
science of learning, databases, 278–279
teacher learning opportunities, 194 , 195 , 198 , 226–229 , 269
tools, 21 , 68 , 74 , 207 , 213–216 , 243–244 , 247 , 257
tutoring environments, 178 , 221–224 , 225
Concepts
knowledge organized around, 9 , 33 , 36 , 38 , 42–44 , 49 , 181–182
representations of, 63 , 65–66 , 276
Conceptual change. See also Preconceptions
science, 179–180 , 184–186 , 187
understanding, 70–71
Conceptual learning, 14–15 , 16–17 , 20 , 50 , 165–166 , 260–261
conceptual structures, 9 , 33 , 36 , 38 , 40 , 42–44 , 49 , 59 , 65–66 , 87 , 181–182
Conditionalized knowledge, 42–44 , 49 , 59–60 , 62 , 197
Consciousness studies, 6
Constructivism, 10–11 , 192 , 195 , 199 , 277
Content knowledge. See Subject-matter (discipline) knowledge
Content-process assessment framework, 143– 144
Context
and access to knowledge, 9 , 42–44 , 49 , 77
and language development, 94–95
and transfer of learning, 53 , 62–63 , 64 , 78 , 185 , 236
Contextualized reasoning, 74–75 , 78
Contrasting-cases strategy, 60 , 78
Conversational learning, 109–110 , 220 , 225– 226
Cooperative learning, 192
Counting, 71 , 78 , 83 , 91 , 92 , 98–99 , 100 , 165– 166 , 167 , 169 , 196
Cultural practices
children’s learning and, 23 , 108–111 , 113 , 233 , 276
classroom norms and, 146–147
communications, 73 , 108–111 , 113
enrollment demographics, 264
ethnography, 110–111
misinterpretation of, 151