Modeling with technology : mindtools for conceptual change

Responsibility: David H. Jonassen.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Imprint: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, c2006.
Physical description: xix, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Author/Creator: Jonassen, David H., 1947-2012

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Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

PART I MODELING FOR CONCEPTUAL CHANGE
Chapter 1 Meaningful Learning: Conceptual Change and Development
Chapter 2 Model-Building with Mindtools
Chapter 3 Assessing Learning by Modeling PART II MODELING PHENOMENA
Chapter 4 Modeling Domain Knowledge
Chapter 5 Modeling Systems
Chapter 6 Modeling Problems
Chapter 7 Modeling Experiences: Capturing and Indexing Stories
Chapter 8 Modeling Thinking by Building Cognitive Simulations PART III MODELING TOOLS (MINDTOOLS)
Chapter 9 Modeling with Databases
Chapter 10 Modeling with Semantic Networks: Building Concept Maps
Chapter 11 Modeling with Spreadsheets
Chapter 12 Modeling with Expert Systems
Chapter 13 Modeling with System and Population Dynamics Tools
Chapter 14 Modeling with Teachable Agents and Direct Manipulation Environments
Chapter 15 Modeling with Visualization Tools
Chapter 16 Modeling with Hypermedia
Chapter 17 Modeling with Constraint-Based Conferences.
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Summary

For graduate-level courses in Computers in Education. Well-known for addressing the use of computers to foster critical-thinking and problem solving, this text was written to teach current and future teachers how to better engage learners more mindfully and meaningfully in the process of learning. Available now in it's Third Edition, it focuses on how to use technology to support meaningful learning through model building, providing powerful strategies for engaging, supporting, and assessing coonceptual change in learners.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Subjects

Subject: Computer-assisted instruction.; Computer simulation.; Change (Psychology)

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 2006
Note: Rev. ed. of: Computers as mindtools for schools. c2000.
Related Work: Jonassen, David H., 1947- Computers as mindtools for schools.
ISBN: 0131703455; 9780131703452

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