New Science of Learning

- Foreword
Robert J. Sternberg About the Contributors
PART I Cognition and New Science of Learning
1 New Digital Media and their Potential Cognitive Impact on Youth Learning
Margaret Weigel, Celka Straughn, and Howard Gardner
2 Group Cognition as a Foundation for the New Science of Learning
Gerry Stahl
3 An Embodied/Grounded Cognition Perspective on Educational Technology
John B. Black
4 Features of Computerized Multimedia Environments that Support Vicarious Learning Processes
Barry Gholson, Roby Coles, and Scotty D. Craig
5 Human Memory and the New Science of Learning
Paul Eggen
6 Metacognitive Control of Learning and Remembering
Jason R. Finley, Jonathan G. Tullis, and Aaron S. Benjamin
7 Ethnic Differences on Students' Approaches to Learning: Self-regulatory Cognitive and Motivational Predictors of Academic Achievement for Latino/a and White College Students
Robert Rueda, Hyo Jin Lim, Harold O'Neil, Noelle Griffin, Shel Bockman, &
Barbara Sirotnik
8 Intuitions, Conceptions and Frameworks: Modelling Student Cognition in Science Learning
Keith S. Taber
9 An Analysis of Design Strategies for Creating Educational Experiences in Virtual Environments
Theresa Horstman and Stephen Kerr
PART II Computers and New Science of Learning
10 Redesigning Testing: Operationalizing the New Science of Learning
Zachary Stein, Theo Dawson, and Kurt W. Fischer
11 Self-Regulated Learning with MetaTutor: Advancing the Science of Learning with MetaCognitive Tools
Roger Azevedo, Amy Witherspoon, Amber Chauncey, and Candice Burkett
12 New Learning -Old methods? How e-research might Change Technology-enhanced Learning Research
Peter Reimann and Lina Markauskaite
13 Designing Higher Education Courses using Open Educational Resources
Frank Rennie and Robin Mason
14 The Evolution of an Automated Reading Strategy Tutor: From the Classroom to a Game-Enhanced Automated System
G. Tanner Jackson, Kyle B. Dempsey, and Danielle S. McNamara
15 Experiences in the

Endorsements:

"The book brings together leading researchers who study how technology can enhance student learning. They address questions of how technology can support collaborative learning, knowledge building, assessment, metacognition, and professional development. For example, a chapter by Howard Gardner and his colleagues describes how students are changing as they grow up with new technologies, and a chapter by Kurt W. Fischer and his colleagues describes redesigning testing with the use of latest in computer technology and learning science. Altogether it is a fine collection of chapters about the latest advances in educational technology." (Allan Collins, Northwestern University - Author, Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology)

"Modern learning technologies have emerged in the 21st century as powerful tools to enhance learning and thinking, but much of their potential remains to be realized. Remarkably, as we explore how learners interact with diverse learning environments, including digital media, we are discovering that these tools also are revealing new insights into how our minds operate and how better to realize the promise that learning technologies offer. This book presents some of the latest discoveries and theoretical insights about how we think and learn, especially through explorations employing digital media. This is a first-class book containing chapters by some of the best researchers worldwide." (O. R. Anderson, Columbia University, Teachers College - Chair, Mathematics, Science and Technology)