TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kafai,Yasmin B.
AU  - Resnick,Mitchel
TI  - Constructionism in practice: designing, thinking, and learning in a digital world 
SN  - 0805819843 (cloth : acidfree paper)
AV  - LB 1590.3 C758 1996
U1  - 370.15 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Mahwah, N.J.
PB  - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
KW  - Constructivism (Education)
KW  - Learning, Psychology of
KW  - Social learning
KW  - Instructional systems
KW  - Design
KW  - Computer-assisted instruction
KW  - System theory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes
N2  - Contents: Y.B. Kafai, M. Resnick, Introduction. Part I:Perspectives in Constructionism. S. Papert, A Word for Learning. E. Ackermann, Perspective-Taking and Object Construction: Two Keys to Learning. A.A. Brandes, Elementary School Children's Images of Science. Part II:Learning Through Design. Y.B. Kafai, Learning Design by Making Games: Children's Development of Design Strategies in the Creation of a Complex Computational Artifact. Y.B. Kafai, Electronic Play Worlds: Gender Differences in Children's Constructions of Video Games. G. Gargarian, The Art of Design. R. Sargent, M. Resnick, F. Martin, B. Silverman, Building and Learning with Programmable Bricks. Part III:Learning in Communities. A. Shaw, Social Constructionism and the Inner City: Designing Environments for Social Development and Urban Renewal. A. Bruckman, M. Resnick, The MediaMOO Project: Constructionism and Professional Community. M. Evard, A Community of Designers: Learning Through Exchanging Questions and Answers. P.K. Hooper, "They Have Their Own Thoughts": A Story of Constructionist Learning in an Alternative African-Centered Community School. Part IV:Learning About Systems. M. Resnick, New Paradigms for Computing, New Paradigms for Thinking. U. Wilensky, Making Sense of Probability Through Paradox and Programming: A Case Study in a Connected Mathematics Framework. F.G. Martin, Ideal and Real Systems: A Study of Notions of Control in Undergraduates Who Design Robots
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