Files
Subject/Topic
User/Date
       

How People Learn
How People Learn (online)

Learning Theory
By: S. Barab
Semester: Fall 2001
  This is both a book that you can get from Amazon or you can print out the chapters online. It does a wonderful job of summarizing much of the research on how people learn. Its full citation is How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (Expanded Edition) by John Bransford (Editor), Ann L. Brown (Editor), Rodney R. Cocking (Editor), 2000, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
       

 

Desinging Effective Interdisciplinary Anchors
Anchor.pdf

Desinging Integrated Units; Anchored Instruction

By: S. Barab
Semester: Fall 2001
  In this article, me and my colleague share experiences and insights with respect to the development and implementation of integrated units. Specifically, the conception that one should conceive the central hub as an anchor, with the potential to ecologize instruction.
 
Teachers and Machines
Amazon.com
Technology in the Schools By: S. Barab
Semester: Fall 2000
  This book, Teachers and Machines, discusses how teachers in their classrooms have used technology ranging from radio to computers and is a required book.
 


Contact:
Sasha Barab, Program Director

2232 School of Education,
Indiana University
Bloomington In, 47405

(812) 856-8462,
Internet: sbarab@indiana.edu