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  • Cognition, Education, and Multimedia

    Exploring Ideas in High Technology

    Edited by Don Nix, Rand Spiro ...
    Computers have become a topic of concern, debate, argument, dogmatism, and inquiry among a variety of people who are interested in the fate and effectiveness of the educational system. This book presents working hypotheses of ways in which computers may fit into and/or transform classroom education. Through the exploration of learning and cognitive theory as it infuses technological developments, ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Reading at a Crossroads?

    Disjunctures and Continuities in Current Conceptions and Practices

    Edited by Rand J. Spiro, Michael DeSchryver, Michelle Schira Hagerman, Paul M. Morsink, Penny Thompson ...
    The Internet is transforming the experience of reading and learning-through-reading. Is this transformation effecting a radical change in reading processes as readers synthesize understandings from fragments across multiple texts? Or, conversely, is the Internet merely a new place to use the same reading skills and processes developed through experience with traditional print-based media? Are the ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Hypertext and Cognition

    Edited by Jean-Francois Rouet, Jarmo J. Levonen, Andrew Dillon, Rand J. Spiro ...
    The recent evolution of western societies has been characterized by an increasing emphasis on information and communication. As the amount of available information increases, however, the user -- worker, student, citizen -- faces a new problem: selecting and accessing relevant information. More than ever it is crucial to find efficient ways for users to interact with information systems in a way ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Theoretical Issues in Reading Comprehension

    Perspectives from Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence and Education

    Edited by Rand J. Spiro, Bertram C. Bruce, William F. Brewer ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Psychology of Reading
    Research in cognitive psychology, linguistics, and artificial intelligence – the three disciplines that have the most direct application to an understanding of the mental processes in reading – is presented in this multilevel work, originally published in 1980, that attempts to provide a systematic and scientific basis for understanding and building a comprehensive theory of reading comprehension. ... Read more

    Was $97.55 CAD Now $86.56 CAD

  • Schooling and the Acquisition of Knowledge

    Edited by Richard C. Anderson, Rand J. Spiro, William E Montague ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Psychology of Education
    Originally published in 1977, this book reports the proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center. The one common thread running through all of the formal papers and dialogue was that the knowledge a person already possesses is the principal determiner of what that individual can learn from an educational experience. These questions were addressed: How ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Partnering with Families for Student Success

    24 Scenarios for Problem Solving with Parents

    by Patricia A. Edwards, Rand J. Spiro, Lisa M. Domke, Ann M. Castle, Kristen L. White, Marliese R. Peltier, Tracy H. Donohue ...
    Patricia Edwards is the recipient of the 2019 AERA Scholars of Color Distinguished Career Contribution AwardChapter modules cover common challenges teachers face in a variety of situations, including conducting honest parent–teacher conferences, dealing with discipline issues, responding to confrontational parents, and educating neurodiverse students. Each module includes questions, worksheets, ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

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    This book consists of conclusions drawn from the expertise shared at the Conference on Standards for Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Mathematics Education. It offers substantive detail regarding young students' understandings of mathematical ideas. ... Read more

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  • A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool

    Applying the Scientific Evidence

    by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Laura E. Berk, Dorothy Singer ...
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  • Supersizing the Mind

    Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension

    by Andy Clark ...
    Series series Philosophy of Mind
    When historian Charles Weiner found pages of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman's notes, he saw it as a "record" of Feynman's work. Feynman himself, however, insisted that the notes were not a record but the work itself. In Supersizing the Mind, Andy Clark argues that our thinking doesn't happen only in our heads but that "certain forms of human cognizing include inextricable tangles of ... Read more

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  • Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8, Fourth Edition (Fully Revised and Updated)

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  • Design Research in Education

    A Practical Guide for Early Career Researchers

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