Journal of the Learning Sciences
January 2008 Volume 17, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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Fertile Zones of Cultural Encounter in Computer Science Education
Yifat Ben-David Kolikant & Mordechai Ben-Ari
We explain certain learning difficulties in computer science education as resulting from a clash between the students' culture as computer users and the professional computing culture. We propose... More
pp. 1-32
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The Seeds of Time: Why Classroom Dialogue Needs a Temporal Analysis
Neil Mercer
The process of teaching and learning in school has a natural long-term trajectory and cannot be understood only as a series of discrete educational events. Classroom talk plays an important role in... More
pp. 33-59
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Guided Participation in Three Youth Activism Organizations: Facilitation, Apprenticeship, and Joint Work
Ben Kirshner
Multiracial youth activism groups, based in working class and poor neighborhoods, seek to improve social conditions by organizing grassroots campaigns. Campaigns such as these, which require... More
pp. 60-101
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The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in the Learning Sciences: Digital Transformations of Teachers, Students, and Social Context
Jeremy N. Bailenson, Nick Yee, Jim Blascovich, Andrew C. Beall, Nicole Lundblad & Michael Jin
This article illustrates the utility of using virtual environments to transform social interaction via behavior and context, with the goal of improving learning in digital environments. We first... More
pp. 102-141