ABSTRACT
The International Handbook of the Learning Sciences is a comprehensive collection of international perspectives on this interdisciplinary field. In more than 50 chapters, leading experts synthesize past, current, and emerging theoretical and empirical directions for learning sciences research. The three sections of the handbook capture, respectively: foundational contributions from multiple disciplines and the ways in which the learning sciences has fashioned these into its own brand of use-oriented theory, design, and evidence; learning sciences approaches to designing, researching, and evaluating learning broadly construed; and the methodological diversity of learning sciences research, assessment, and analytic approaches. This pioneering collection is the definitive volume of international learning sciences scholarship and an essential text for scholars in this area.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|158 pages
Historical Foundations and Theoretical Orientations of the Learning Sciences
chapter 4|10 pages
Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives on Learning
chapter 12|11 pages
Motivation, Engagement, and Interest
chapter 16|10 pages
Complex Systems and the Learning Sciences
part 2|213 pages
Learning Environments
chapter 23|12 pages
Supporting Informal STEM Learning with Technological Exhibits
chapter 27|9 pages
Games in the Learning Sciences
chapter 36|12 pages
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Rich Landscapes of Learning
part 3|161 pages
Research, Assessment, and Analytic Methods