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Theories of Learning and Education

  1. Barron, B. J. S., Schwartz, D. L., Vye, N. J., Moore, A., Petrosino, A., Zech, L., et al. (1998). Doing with understanding: Lessons from research on problem- and project-based learning. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 7(3/4), 271-311.
  2. Blumenfeld, P. C., Soloway, E., Marx, R. W., Krajcik, J. S., Guzdial, M., & Palincsar, A. (1991). Motivating project-based learning: Sustaining the doing, supporting the learning. Educational Psychologist, 26(3/4), 369-398.
  3. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (2000). . “How Experts Differ from Novices,” and “Learning and Transfer.” In How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (Expanded edition). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
  4. Brown, A. L. (1992). Design experiments: Theoretical and methodological challenges in creating complex interventions in classroom settings. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2(2), 141-178.
  5. Collins, A., Brown, J. S., & Newman, S. E. (1989). Cognitive Apprenticeship: Teaching the Crafts of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. In L. B. Resnick (Ed.), Knowing, Learning, and Instruction: Essays in Honor of Robert Glaser (pp. 453-494). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  6. Greeno, J. G., Collins, A. M., & Resnick, L. B. (1996). Cognition and learning. In D. C. Berliner & R. C. Calfee (Eds.), Handbook of educational psychology (pp. 15-46). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Macmillan.
  7. Kohl, H. (1994). “I won’t learn from you.” In I won’t learn from you. New York: the New Press, pp. 1-32.
  8. Kolodner, J. L. (1997). Educational implications of analogy. American Psychologist, 52(1), 57-66.
  9. Kolodner, J. L., Camp, P. J., Crismond, D., Fasse, B., Gray, J., Holbrook, J., et al. (2003). Problem-Based Learning Meets Case-Based Reasoning in the Middle-School Science Classroom: Putting Learning by Design™ Into Practice. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 12(4), 495 - 547.
  10. Kolodner, J. L., Owensby, J. N., & Guzdial, M. (2004). Theory and practice of case-based learning aids. In D. H. Jonassen (Ed.), Theoretical foundations of learning environments (2nd ed., pp. 215-242). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  11. Koschmann, T., Kelson, A. C., Feltovich, P. J., & Barrows, H. S. (1996). Computer-Supported problem-based learning: A principled approach to the use of computers in collaborative learning. In T. Koschmann (Ed.), CSCL: Theory and practice of an emerging paradigm (pp. 83-124). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  12. Papert, S. (1980). Mindstorms: Children, computers, and powerful ideas. New York, NY: Basic Books. (pages vi-54).
  13. Papert, S. (1991). Situating constructionism. In I. Harel & S. Papert (Eds.), Constructionism : Research reports and essays, 1985-1990 (pp. 1-11). Norwood, N.J.: Ablex.
  14. Resnick, M. (1996). Beyond the centralized mindset. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 5(1).
  15. Resnick, M., Bruckman, A. and Martin, F (1996). “Pianos, Not Stereos: Creating Computational Construction Kits. Interactions 3:6, 40-50.
  16. Rogoff, B. (1994). Developing understanding of the idea of communities of learners. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 1(4), 209-229.
  17. Roschelle, J. (1992). Learning by collaborating: Convergent conceptual change. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2(3), 235-276.
  18. Scardamalia, M. (2002). Collective cognitive responsibility for the advancement of knowledge. In B. Smith & C. Bereiter (Eds.), Liberal education in a knowledge society (pp. 67-98). Chicago, IL: Open Court.
  19. Shaffer, D. W., & Resnick, M. (1999). "Thick" Authenticity: New Media and Authentic Learning. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 10(2), 195-215.
  20. Suthers, D. D. (2001). Towards a systematic study of representational guidance for collaborative learning discourse. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 7(3), 254-277.
  21. Turkle, S., & Papert, S. (1991). Epistemological pluralism and the revaluation of the concrete. In I. Harel & S. Papert (Eds.), Constructionism: Research reports and essays, 1985-1990 (pp. 161-192). Norwood, N.J.: Ablex.

Students as Programmers

  1. DiSessa, A. and Abelson, H. (1986). "Boxer: A Reconstructible Media." Communications of the ACM 29:9, 859-868.
  2. Guzdial, M. (2004). Programming Environments for Novices. In S. Fincher & M. Petre (Eds.), Computer Science Education Research (pp. 127 - 154). London, UK: Taylor & Francis.
  3. Noss, R., & Hoyles, C. (1996). “Cultures and change,” and “A window on schools.” In Windows on mathematical meanings: Learning cultures and computers. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  4. Turkle, S. (1984). Adolescence and Identity: Finding Yourself in the Machine. In The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit (pp. 137-162). New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.