Mechanisms for Facilitating a Vital and Dynamic Education System: Fundamental Roles for Education Science and Technology

Roy D. Pea (1) , Elliot Soloway (1)

1 Cognitive Systems, Inc

This report was prepared as one component of an OTA project entitled "Educational Technology: An Assessment of Practice and Potential," requested by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor. The objectives of our particular project were: (1) synthesize current activities and directions of research in education science (the cognitive, social and instructional sciences), and (2) characterize how opportunities brought about by theoretical advances in education science and developments in multimedia, interactive, information processing technologies can be brought profitably and effectively to bear on American education.

Keywords: learning environments

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Technology for Human Learning

Roy D. Pea, Elliot Soloway. Mechanisms for Facilitating a Vital and Dynamic Education System: Fundamental Roles for Education Science and Technology. 1987. ⟨hal-00190541⟩