A longstanding debate concerns the use of concrete versus abstract instructional materials,
particularly in domains such as mathematics and science. Although decades of research …

One of the primary goals of education is to ensure that learners can apply their acquired
knowledge in various ways and under different circumstances. However, this expected" …

Positioned in the context of situated learning theory, the EcoMOBILE project combines an
augmented reality (AR) experience with use of environmental probeware during a field trip …

The use of manipulatives to teach mathematics is often prescribed as an efficacious
teaching strategy. To examine the empirical evidence regarding the use of manipulatives …

Information Visualization: Perception for Design, Fourth Edition explores the art and science
of why we see objects the way we do. Based on the science of perception and vision, the …

Much of learning and reasoning occurs in pedagogical situations—situations in which a
person who knows a concept chooses examples for the purpose of helping a learner …

Being told procedures and concepts before problem solving can inadvertently undermine
the learning of deep structures in physics. If students do not learn the underlying structure of …

After more than 100 years of interest and study, knowledge transfer remains among the most
challenging, contentious, and important issues for both psychology and education. In this …

This Practice Guide is the third in a series of Institute of Education Sciences (IES) guides in
education. Much of teaching is about helping students master new knowledge and skills and …

Complex systems are pervasive in the world around us. Making sense of a complex system
should require that a person construct a network of concepts and principles about some …