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Evolution and Learning: The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered
Based on a conference held in Nov. 1999 at Bennington College."A Bradford book."The role of genetic inheritance dominates current evolutionary theory. At the end of the nineteenth century, however, several evolutionary theorists independently speculated that learned behaviors could also affect the direction and rate of evolutionary change. This notion was called the Baldwin effect, after the ps…
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- 9780262285865
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- 1 online resource (x, 341 pages) :illustrations.
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Changing Minds: Computers, Learning, and Literacy
"A Bradford book."Andrea diSessa's career as a scholar, technologist, and teacher has been driven by one important question: can education -- in particular, science education -- be transformed by the computer so that children can learn more, learn more easily at an earlier age, and learn with pleasure and commitment? This book is diSessa's informed and passionate affirmative answer to that ques…
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- 9780262271769
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- 1 online resource (xix, 271 pages) :illustrations
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Classroom Lessons: Integrating Cognitive Theory and Classroom Practice
"A Bradford book."A timely complement to John Bruer's Schools for Thought, Classroom Lessons documents eight projects that apply cognitive research to improve classroom practice. The chapter authors are all principal investigators in an influential research initiative on cognitive science and education. Classroom Lessons describes their collaborations with classroom teachers aimed at improving …
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- 9780262279482
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) :illustrations
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Systems That Learn: An Introduction to Learning Theory for Cognitive and Comp…
A Bradford book. Systems That Learn presents a mathematical framework for the study of learning in a variety of domains. It provides the basic concepts and techniques of learning theory as well as a comprehensive account of what is currently known about a variety of learning paradigms.Daniel N. Osherson and Scott Weinstein are at MIT, and Michael Stob at Calvin College."OCLC-licensed vendor bib…
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- 9780262256742
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- 1 online resource (ix, 205 pages).
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Systems That Learn: An Introduction to Learning Theory
A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 2nd ed.
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- 9780262276252
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- 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) :illustrations.
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Induction : processes of inference, learning, and discovery
Includes appendix 12A: a walking tour of the computational ideas underlying classifier systems.Two psychologists, a computer scientist, and a philosopher have collaborated to present a framework for understanding processes of inductive reasoning and learning in organisms and machines. Theirs is the first major effort to bring the ideas of several disciplines to bear on a subject that has been a…
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- 0262081601
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 398 pages) : illustrations.
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- 100 HOL i
Concepts, kinds, and cognitive development
In Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development, Frank C. Keil provides a coherent account of how concepts and word meanings develop in children, adding to our understanding of the representational nature of concepts and word meanings at all ages. "A Bradford book."Includes indexes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262276900
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- 1 online resource (xv, 328 pages) :illustrations.
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Making Games for Impact
"Squire draws on 15+ years of experience to describe how games are developed and deployed in the classroom"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262366223
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Peer pedagogies on digital platforms :learning with Minecraft Let's Play videos
"The author develops a model of peer pedagogy by examining the popular genre of Let's Play videos as a source of learning for Minecraft players"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262360748
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Inventive minds :Marvin Minsky on education
Six essays by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky on how education can foster inventiveness, paired with commentary by Minsky's former colleagues and students. Marvin Minsky was a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence whose work led to both theoretical and practical advances. His work was motivated not only by technological advancement but also by the desire to understand t…
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- 0262350270
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- 1 online resource (248 pages).
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