College Teaching and the Development of Reasoning (Hc)

A volume in Science & Engineering Education SourcesSeries Editor Calvin S. Kalman, Concordia UniversityThis book is intended to offer college faculty members the insights of thedevelopment of reasoning movement that enlighten physics educators in thelate 1970s and led to a variety of college programs directed at improving thereasoning patterns used by college students. While the original materials weredirected at physics concepts, they quickly expanded to include other sciencesand the humanities and social sciences. On-going developments in the fieldwill be included.The editors have introduced new topics, including discussions of Vygotsky's ideas in relation to those of Piaget,of science education research progress since 1978, of constructivist learning theory applied to educationalcomputer games and of applications from anthropology to zoology. These materials are especially relevant forconsideration by current university faculty in all subjects. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 631. …