| Individual Differences in Online Computer-Based Learning: Gifted and Other Diverse Populations Volume 209 Contributor(s): Suppes, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1575866242 ISBN-13: 9781575866246 Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Educational Software |
| Dewey: 371.334 |
| LCCN: 2013016822 |
| Series: CSLI Lecture Notes |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.35 lbs) 434 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1894 John Dewey established his experimental laboratory school at the University of Chicago, with a focus on teaching each student according to their individual differences. This concept indicated a shift away from the emphasis on communal, classroom teaching, which marked educational practices in the nineteenth century during the advent of widely available public education. With the introduction of computer-based online instruction in schools, curricula are able to be fully informed by individual difference, subtly and quickly tracking students' progress. In these courses, teachers play the role of troubleshooters instead of lecturers. Individual Differences examines a large number of studies on computer-based and online instruction, with special attention paid to gifted students in the fields of mathematics, science, technology, and engineering. Other chapters also focus on a wide variety of student populations: deaf students, American Indian rural students, and underachieving, impoverished students. |
Contributor Bio(s): Suppes, Patrick: - Patrick Suppes (1922-2014) was the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at Stanford University. He was the founder of the Computer Curriculum Corporation and the Suppes Brain Lab at Stanford, as well as the co-founder of the Institute for Mathematical Studies in Social Sciences. |