Simon Fraser University
Additional Readings

There is a great deal to be learned about each of the traditions of R&D covered in the course that we will not have time to cover in class. Below are some references to books and articles that will be useful in preparing your Tradition Papers. Most of the material is available in the SFU library, either online or on the stacks. If you need something and can't find it, let me know.


LOGO

Agalianos, A., Whitty, G., & Noss, R. (2006). The social shaping of LOGO. Social Studies of Science, 36(2), 241–267.

Papert, S. (1993). The Children's Machine: Rethinking school in the age of the computer. New York: Basic Books.

Papert, S. (1987). Computer criticism vs. technocentric thinking. Educational Researcher, 16(5), 22-30.

Mitterer, J., & Rose-Krasnor, L. (1986). LOGO and the transfer of problem solving: An empirical test. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 32(3), 176-194.

See also the LOGO Foundation web site.


Cognitive Tutors

Anderson, J. R. (1982). Acquisition of cognitive skill. Psychological Review, 89(4), 369-406.

Anderson, J., Corbett, A. T., Koedinger, K. R., & Pelletier, R. (1995). Cognitive tutors: Lessons learned. the Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4(2), 167-207.

The company that markets the cognitive tutors to schools has a site at http://www.carnegielearning.com/

The U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse has a report on the Cognitve Tutor Algebra I curriculum.

There are references to a ton of articles on the basic science behind the tutors at http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/


Goal-based Scenarios

Kantor, R. J., & Waddington, T. (2000). Fostering the suspension of disbelief: The role of authenticity in goal-based scenarios. Interactive Learning Environments, 8(3), 211-227.

C., S. R., Fano, A., Bell, B. L., & Jona, M. K. (1994). The design of goal based scenarios. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 3(4), 305-345.

Bell, B. L., & Bareiss, R. (1993). Sickle cell counselor: using goal-based scenarios to motivate the exploration of knowledge in a museum context. Paper presented at the World Conference on AI in Education, Edinburgh, UK.

Schank, R. C. (1982). Dynamic memory: A theory of reminding and learning in computers and people. Cambridge: Cambridge University.

Freedman, David (1994, August). The Schank Tank. Wired Magazine.

Chris Riesbeck at Northwestern maintains a web site on the INDIE GBS-building tool (on which Is it A Rembrandt is based), including a complete list (with descriptions and screen shots) of all the INDIE-based GBSs made.They cover an impressive spectrum.

Schank held the position of Chief Learning Officer at Trump University and runs an e-learning consulting company called Socratic Arts.

Schank served as a commentator/co-host on a CNBC TV series called "the Business of Innovation"

Visit Schank's blog, "Education Outrage"


Anchored Instruction

Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt (2000). Adventures in Anchored Instruction: Lessons from Beyond the Ivory Tower. In Robert Glazer (ed.) Advances in Instructional Psychology: Educational Design and Cognitive Science, Volume 5, pp. 35-99. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Crewes, T.D., Biswas,G.,Goldman, S., Bransford, J. (1997). Anchored Interactive Learning Environments. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education v. 8, pp. 142-178

Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt. (1994). The Jasper Project: Lessons in Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Professional Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (Chapter 4 discusses the evaluation work on Jasper in some detail)

The Jasper series is currently marketed by Discovery Education. Visit http://www.thinklinklearning.com/corporate/jasper.html


Knowledge Building

Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (2003). Knowledge building. In Encyclopedia of Education (2nd ed., pp. 1370-1373). New York: Macmillan Reference.

Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (1994). Computer support for knowledge-building communities. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 3(3), 265-283.

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1993). Surpassing ourselves: An inquiry into the nature and implications of expertise. La Salle, IL: Open Court.

A large amount of material is also available at http://ikit.org/


Telementoring

Single, P. B., & Single, R. M. (2005). E-mentoring for social equity: review of research to inform program development. Mentoring & Tutoring, 13(2), 301-320.

O'Neill, D. K., Weiler, M. J., & Sha, L. (2005). Software support for online mentoring programs: A research-inspired design. Mentoring & Tutoring, 13(1), 109-131.

O'Neill, D. K. (2004). Building social capital in a knowledge-building community: Telementoring as a catalyst. Interactive Learning Environments, 12(3), 179-208.

For more references, see:

The web site of the Elecronic Emissary project.

The web site of the International Telementor Program, probably the largest continuously-run telementoring program in the world.

My web site, http://www.telementoring.ca/