Group:
hypertext
Group:
psychology
Topic:
art
Topic:
children vs. adults
Topic:
ease of learning
Topic:
information as knowledge
Topic:
intertextuality and hypertext
Topic:
learning a programming language
Topic:
managing people
Topic:
minimal manuals and guided exploration
Topic:
novice users and the UserInterface
Topic:
program construction by walk-through
Topic:
problem solving
Topic:
simulation
Topic:
writing
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Subtopic: cognitive structures 
| Quote: gain new cognitive structures by using metaphors of existing cognitive structures [»carrJM4_1982]
| | Quote: does mental structure develop naturally like a garden, through education like a team, or by design like a machine [»engeDC_1963]
| | Quote: learning is the process by which inputs of information in the past lead to images of the future in the present [»weinGM_1982]
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Subtopic: form vs. content
| Quote: English students should be taught form instead of content; can't write clean sentences if you don't know what they are [»fishS5_2005]
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Subtopic: implicit knowledge
| Quote: an introductory programming course should make explicit the implicit knowledge of experts [»soloE9_1986]
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Subtopic: learning better than original
| Quote: learning can produce a more highly structured language than the original; e.g., internal morphology of creole and mimetic ASL [»newpEL_1982]
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Subtopic: writing, end products
| Quote: some sort of end product is a valuable conclusion to kids' activities; discipline of working material into communicable form [»wiggE_1975]
| | Quote: much of learning by either talking or reading, neither of which produce long duration messages; due to expense of reviewing essays [»goodFL_1981]
| | Quote: each student should write an instructional article for some skill [»wiggE_1975]
| | Quote: each student should use the class stationary to write a letter and get a response; most write many letters [»wiggE_1975]
| | Quote: each student writes an article for the magazine [»wiggE_1975]
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Subtopic: questions
| Quote: identify questions first to avoid being satisfied with the easy answers [»hoffDM_2001]
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Subtopic: tasks
| Quote: a teacher must present definite, clear-cut tasks [»taylRW_1911, OK]
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Subtopic: multiple levels of understanding
| Quote: a competent performer develops a hierarchical perspective or plan that determines the important elements of a situation [»dreyHL1_1994]
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Subtopic: recognition vs. plan
| Quote: a proficient performer recognizes most situations without effort; must still plan how best to achieve a goal [»dreyHL1_1994]
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Subtopic: explanation vs. technique
| Quote: easily explain how physicists predict natural phenomenon, but not how they do it efficiently; e.g., explain subtraction by removing beans [»feynRP_1985]
| | Quote: description of early, Indian instruction in arithmetic: memorized problems and solutions; calculated by writing in dust spread on a board [»dattB_1935]
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Subtopic: learn by doing
| Quote: by focusing on children, Smalltalk became an "environment in which users learn by doing" instead of "access to functionality" [»kayAC_1996]
| | Quote: explore symbolic equations with Graph Equation; explore effect of parameter on graph; see answers while still thinking about questions [»lickJC5_1962]
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Subtopic: simulation
| Quote: simulate programs for teaching, programming style, and debugging [»lickJC5_1962]
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Subtopic: programs vs. essays
| Quote: how does writing programs on a computer differ from writing essays; both are long duration messages [»goodFL_1981]
| | Quote: while a pupil is taught, a programmer teaches the machine; with programming, one actively creates and gains a deeper understanding [»wertH_1981]
| | Quote: programming almost always generates a feeling of success; no wrong results, only bugs [»wertH_1981]
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Subtopic: museums
| Quote: museums should fulfill these functions: to collect, conserve, exhibit, and elucidate [»stroR7_1985]
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Subtopic: university
| Quote: at its peak (300-600 AD), Nalanda had 10,000 students, 2,000 faculty, and 100 lectures a day [»joneTC6_1977]
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Subtopic: boot camp
| Quote: use a boot camp to teach software engineering: design, schedule, requirements, iteration. interfaces, integration [»dawsR11_1997]
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Subtopic: alternative teaching
| Quote: should teach mathematics by showing the development of proof-generated concepts from naive conjectures; dispels mysticism of mathematics [»lakaI_1976]
| | Quote: Lakatos used a Socratic dialogue to reconstruct the history that is referenced in the footnotes [»lakaI_1976]
| | Quote: write a source program that reproduces itself; the discovery of how to do it is a revelation [»thomK8_1984]
| | Quote: test question: write an appropriate question and then answer it [»weinGM_1982]
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Subtopic: programmed instruction
| Quote: automated vocabulary tutor with streamlined presentation and response; 2-3 hour sessions without a break [»lickJC5_1962]
| | Quote: in TUTOR, the unit of programmed instruction is a screenful of text, a set of student responses, and a set of machine rejoinders [»schwJ_1980]
| | Quote: with TUTOR, can write flexible dialogues for TUTOR rejoinders to student responses [»schwJ_1980]
| | Quote: BNR uses a self-paced video and workbook for teaching code inspections; includes good and bad meetings [»russGW1_1991]
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Subtopic: continuing education
Quote: programmers must be given 2-3 hours per week to study research results in programming methodology
[»grieD_1979]
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Group: hypertext (44 topics, 786 quotes)
Group: psychology (9 topics, 307 quotes)
Topic: art (11 items)
Topic: children vs. adults (33 items)
Topic: ease of learning (38 items)
Topic: information as knowledge (17 items)
Topic: intertextuality and hypertext (11 items)
Topic: learning a programming language (15 items)
Topic: managing people (64 items)
Topic: minimal manuals and guided exploration (44 items)
Topic: novice users and the UserInterface (25 items)
Topic: program construction by walk-through (26 items)
Topic: problem solving (32 items)
Topic: simulation (35 items)
Topic: writing
(32 items)
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