Understanding Models for Learning and Instruction

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ifenthaler, Dirk (Editor), Pirnay-Dummer, Pablo (Editor), Spector, J. Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational technology.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Educational psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Technology.; Pedagogic Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Mathematics Education.; Education, general.

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....

Table of Contents:

• Foundations and Methodologies of Mental Model Research
• The Fragmented Nature of Learning and Instruction
• Using an Evidence-Based Approach to Assess Mental Models
• Practical Solutions for the Diagnosis of Progressing Mental Models
• Constructing Mental Models during Learning from Science Text
• Progress in the Diagnostics of Mental Models
• Model-Based Theories of Instruction
• Rendezvous with a Quantum of Learning
• Externalizing Mental Models with Mindtools
• Model-Centered Instruction, the Design and the Designer
• Realizing Model-Based Instruction
• Engineering the Model Environment
• Developments in the Design of Instruction
• Bridging a Gap between Psychology and Instructional Practice
• Model-Based Learning Environments
• Model-Centered Learning and Instructional Design
• From Cognitive Theory to Instructional Practice: Technology and the Evolution of Anchored Instruction
• Complex Skills Development for Today's Workforce.