Spring 2005, Tutorial objectives

Project 5 objectives

Cognitive perspectives

Design summary

Javascript tutorial

Project theme: Cognitive strategies in instructional design Purpose. The purpose of this project is to explore the cognitive strategies discussed in the text Diagrammatic Reasoning (1995). Contributors to the text explain diagrammatic reasoning and offer models, experiments, and arguments to support claims that images play a vital role in conceptual change and human intelligence. Each contributor approaches the topic from a slightly different view. Some authors frame their comments with an historical context, drawing upon the writings of famous and distinguished scientists to lend credence to their views. Others focus on multiple forms of representation and their use in the problem-solving process. Project plan. The project summarizes text findings and offers suggestions for course development. A tutorial applies some of the principles discussed, and a design summary documents process.

Navigation. The links located in the bar toward the top of this page access the following topics: Project 5 objectives: links to the current page. Cognitive perspectives: reviews the literature and summarizes key principles Design summary: provides the rationale and documentation of process for the tutorial Javascript tutorial : applies cognitive strategies

Text

Glasgow, J., Narayanan, N. H., & Karan, B. C. (Eds.). (1995). Diagrammatic reasoning: Cognitive and computational perspectives. Menlo Park, California: AAAI Press.

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Author: Jacalyn Watson, City Univeristy, April, 2005