Learning How to Learn by Novak, Joseph D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword by Jane Kahle Preface Acknowledgments 1 Learning about learning

What is this book all about? The knowledge Vee The four commonplaces of educating Learning and instruction Metaknowledge and metalearning Honesty and responsibility in educating Classroom testing of theory and teaching technology

2 Concept mapping for meaningful learning

The nature and uses of concept maps How to introduce students to concept mapping Educational applications of concept mapping

3 The Vee heuristic for understanding knowledge and knowledge production

Why use a heuristic? Introducing the Vee to students An example from the social sciences Scoring Vee diagrams The Vee applied to reading material Application of the Vee to instructional planning for laboratory or studio work

4 New strategies for instructional planning

The uses of concept mapping An example of curriculum development in science and technology Uses of the Vee in instruction

5 New strategies for evaluation: concept mapping

Broadening the range of evaluation practices Concept mapping as an evaluation tool Scoring concept maps as related to learning theory

6 The use of the Vee for evaluation

Value and evaluation: what has educational value? Using Vee diagrams The Vee as a tool for evaluation in practical settings Using the Vee to assess students’ understanding of expository materials Thinking and doing Theory-laden observation

7 The interview as an evaluation tool

The interview Planning an interview Conducting the interview Evaluating interviews: category systems Concept-mapping evaluation Concept propositional analysis (CPA) Gowin’s Vee analysis Summary

8 Improving educational research

Theory-driven research Research proposals Selecting a research problem Creating new educational events Data gathering Record transformation Knowledge claims Value claims Conclusion

Appendixes

Appendix I: Sample concept maps Appendix II: Sample Vee diagrams Appendix III: Sample forms

References Index