An important way in which elementary-and middle-school students regulate their own
learning and intellectual development is by obtaining assistance from others at times of …

The role of teacher is increasingly related to designing and arranging collaborative learning
situations in which fruitful and creative group work may occur. This thematic review presents …

The first book to take a" visitor's eye view" of the museum visit when it was first published in
1992, The Museum Experience revolutionized the way museum professionals understand …

Life-span developmental psychology deais with the study of individual development
(ontogenesis) from conception into old age (P. Baltes & Goulet, 1970; P. Baltes & Reese …

Joseph S. Krajcik and Phyllis C. Blumenfeld many students are bored in school. But many of
them tend to assume that boredom is not a problem with the best stu-dents, and that if …

Learning sciences is an interdisciplinary field that studies teaching and learning. The
sciences of learning include cognitive science, educational psychology, computer science …

One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised
a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they …

Anyone sufficiently motivated to take an undergraduate or graduate course in this area
should find [in this book] a great deal to intrigue the imagination and stimulate further interest …

Teaching has often been thought of as a creative performance. Although comparisons with
performance were originally intended to emphasize teacher creativity, they have become …

In the last several decades many of the world's most developed countries have shifted from
an industrial economy to a knowledge economy, one based on the creation of knowledge …