Using Bruno Latour's framework of a "collective of humans and nonhumans", this paper presents an analysis of chemistry instruction in a high school curriculum and professional development setting to present the chemistry education community with a new way to think about reality and knowledge construction and, at the same time, to…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate factual knowledge changes, amounts of verbal interaction, and attitudinal changes that occurred in the area of sex education with three different groups of high school seniors. Group I consisted of 24 boys and girls, Group II of 28 girls, and Group III of 15 boys. Changes in factual knowledge were measured…

This report describes an attempt to apply a critical empirical test to some predictions from Ausubel's theory concerning the subsuming role of advance organizers. Alternative explanations are proposed and subsequent predictions tested. (BT)

The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…