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Computers As Cognitive Tools (Hardcover)
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Computers As Cognitive Tools (Hardcover)
Series: Technology and Education Series
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Highlighting and illustrating several important and interesting
theoretical trends that have emerged in the continuing development
of instructional technology, this book's organizational framework
is based on the notion of two opposing camps. One evolves out of
the intelligent tutoring movement, which employs
artificial-intelligence technologies in the service of student
modeling and precision diagnosis, and the other emerges from a
constructivist/developmental perspective that promotes exploration
and social interaction, but tends to reject the methods and goals
of the student modelers. While the notion of opposing camps tends
to create an artificial rift between groups of researchers, it
represents a conceptual distinction that is inherently more
interesting and informative than the relatively meaningless divide
often drawn between "intelligent" and "unintelligent" instructional
systems.
An evident trend is that researchers in both "camps" view their
computer learning environments as "cognitive tools" that can
enhance learning, performance, and understanding. Cognitive tools
are objects provided by the instructional environment that allow
students to incorporate new auxiliary methods or symbols into their
social problem solving which otherwise would be unavailable. A
final section of the book represents researchers who are
assimilating and accommodating the wisdom and creativity of their
neighbors from both camps, perhaps forming the look of technology
for the future. When the idea of model tracing in a computer-based
environment is combined with appreciation for creative
mind-extension cognitive tools and for how a community of learners
can facilitate learning, a camp is created where AI technologists
and social constructivist learning theorists can feel equally at
home.
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