Changing Minds: Computers, Learning and Literacy

How computer technology can transform science education for children.

About the author

Andrea diSessa is Chancellor's Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the National Academy of Education. He is the coauthor of Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (MIT Press, 1981).

Summary

An impassioned guide to how computers can fundamentally change how we learn and think.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Disessa, Andrea A. DiSessa
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2001
• EAN: 9780262541329
• ISBN: 978-0-262-54132-9
• No. of pages: 293
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Bradford Books; A Bradford Book; Bradford Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)