Computers and Exploratory Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Computers and Exploratory Learning: Setting the Scene

   1. Computers and Exploratory Learning: Setting the Scene

      • Andrea A. diSessa, Celia Hoyles, Richard Noss, Laurie Edwards

      Pages 1-12

3. Computers and Knowledge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Thematic Chapter: Epistemology and Systems Design

      • Andrea A. diSessa

      Pages 15-29

   3. New Paradigms for Computing, New Paradigms for Thinking

      • Mitchel Resnick

      Pages 31-43

   4. From Local to Global: Programming and the Unfolding of Local Models in the Exploratory Learning of Mathematics and Science

      • Bruno Vitale

      Pages 45-58

   5. East orWest—GEOMLAND is Best, or Does the Answer Depend on the Angle?

      • Bojidar Sendov, Evgenia Sendova

      Pages 59-78

   6. Computational Media to Support the Learning and Use of Functions

      • Al Cuoco

      Pages 79-107

   7. Knowledge Representation in a Learning Environment for Euclidean Geometry

      • Maria Alberta Alberti, Daniele Marini

      Pages 109-126

   8. Microworlds as Representations

      • Laurie D. Edwards

      Pages 127-154

   9. Visualizing Formal and Structural Relationships with Spreadsheets

      • Erich Neuwirth

      Pages 155-173

   10. Creating Software Applications for Children: Some Thoughts About Design

       • Michael Eisenberg

       Pages 175-196

4. Computers and Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Thematic Chapter: Exploratory Software, Exploratory Cultures?

      • Celia Hoyles

      Pages 199-219

   3. The Medium and the Curriculum: Reflections on Transparent Tools and Tacit Mathematics

      • Chris Hancock

      Pages 221-240

   4. What About a Learning Environment Where Euclidean Concepts are Manipulated with a Mouse?

      • Colette, Jean-Marie Laborde

      Pages 241-262

   5. Four Steps to the Right

      • Augusto Chioccariello, Nadia Culotta Leccioli, Chiara Oreste

      Pages 263-273

   6. Learning Dynamic Geometry: Implementing Rotations

      • Angel Gutiérrez

      Pages 275-288

   7. Sketching a Multidisciplinary Microworld: A Collaborative Exploration in Boxer

      • Jeremy Roschelle, John Mason

      Pages 289-304

   8. Design of Computer-Based Cognitive Tools

      • Emrah Orhun

      Pages 305-319

Computers are playing a fundamental role in enhancing exploratory learning techniques in education. This volume in the NATO Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology covers the state of the art in the design and use of computer systems for exploratory learning. Contributed chapters treat principles, theory, practice, and examples of some of the best contemporary computer-based learning environments: Logo, Boxer, Microworlds, Cabri-Géomètre, Star Logo, Table Top, Geomland, spreadsheets, Function Machines, and others. Emphasis is on mathematics and science education. Synthetic chapters provide an overview of the current scene in computers and exploratory learning, and analyses from the perspectives of epistemology, learning, and socio-cultural studies.

• Computer
• Computer-based learning environments
• Didaktik der Mathematik
• Systementwurf
• Wissenschaftstheorie
• autodidaktisches Lernen
• computer learning environments
• computerunterstütztes Lernen
• epistemology
• exploratory learning
• knowledge representation
• learning
• modeling
• programming
• science and mathematics educatio

• Graduate School of Education, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

  Andrea A. diSessa

• Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing, University of London, Institute of Education, London, UK

  Celia Hoyles, Richard Noss

• Crown College, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA

  Laurie D. Edwards

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