Powerful Learning Environments (Advances in Learning and Instruction)
Contributors: Erik De Corte (Editor); Lieven Verschaffel (Editor); Noël Entwistle (Editor); Jeroen van Merriënboer (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: August 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780080442754
Subjects: Learning; Technology; Education / Teaching; Science/Mathematics; Educational Psychology; Education / Educational Psychology; Social Science / General; Reference; Classroom environment; Computer-assisted instruction; Design; Instructional systems; Learning, Psychology of
First sentence: Powerful learning environments are often defined in a teleological sense as environments for learning that aim at the development of complex and higher-order skills, deep conceptual understanding, and metacognitive skills such as the ability to regulate ones own learning (de Corte 1990, and Chapter 2).