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"During the past decade, members of The Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt University have worked with hundreds of teachers and thousands of students throughout North America in the context of the Adventures of Jasper Woodbury problem-solving series - 12 videodisc-based adventures plus video-based analogs, extensions, and teaching tips designed to improve the mathematical thinking of students from Grades 5 and up, and to help them make connections to other disciplines such as science, history, and social studies." "This book was written for two reasons. First, it helped the authors to organize the thoughts and experiences of over 70 members of the Learning Technology Center who worked on the Jasper project and to collaboratively reflect on their experiences and relate them to the broader literature in cognition and instruction. Second, this book gives others a chance to learn from the experiences of The Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt. The book is anchored around their experiences with Jasper, but the issues explored are relevant to any attempt to improve educational practice. This tells a coherent story that helps readers explore different topics within a si

Author

John D. Bransford

Publisher

Routledge

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315045207

Subjects

Education, Mathematics