Syllabus for Cognition, Technology & Education

Fall 1997

Elizabeth Johnston

Sarah Lawrence College

Reading Materials

  1. A course reader available from the Duplicating office. This contains a selection of articles and book chapters. Click here to view its contents.
  2. Donaldson, M. (1978) Children's Minds, Norton:New York.
  3. Vygotsky, L. (1978) Mind in Society, Harvard University Press:Cambridge, MA.
  4. Crook, C. (1991) Computers and the Collaborative Experience of Learning, Routledge:New York.
  5. Luria, A. (1968) The Mind of a Mnemonist, Harvard University Press:Cambridge, MA.
  6. Powers, R. (1996) Galatea 2.2, Harperperennial Library:New York.
  7. Castro, E. (1996) HTML for the World Wide Web (Visual Quickstart Guide), Peachpit Press:
Lanham's "The Electronic Word" and Bolter's "Writing Space" are available as electronic books on the Bates Power Macs; the print copies are on reserve in the library.

Reading Schedule

Date Topic Reading
9/10 W Introduction
9/11 FIntroduction to HTMLCastro & Web sources
9/17 WEducational Reform and Technology Schank & Cleary,
Donaldson, Chaps 1,7,8,9,10 &11. If you're entirely unfamiliar with Piaget's theory read the Appendix
9/19 FElectronic ReadingLanham
9/24 WPsychological Theory: Enter Vygotsky Vygotsky, Introduction, Chaps 3, 4, 6, 8 & Afterword
9/26 FElectronic ReadingLanham, Bolter
10/1 WCrook on CollaborationCrook, Chaps 1,2,4&7
10/8 WThe Cognitive Bottleneck: Memory IMiller,
Baddeley,
Bereiter&Scardamalia
10/10 FBartlett's Memory Experiment
10/15 WMnemonics: Memory IICarruthers, Bartlett
10/17 FHypertext and Cognition Charney, Dillon, Bolter
10/29 WOrality, Literacy, and Theory of MindOlson, Olson&Astington (1990),
Olson&Astington (1993), Ong
10/31 FVisual Thinking Web WorkGrandin
11/5 WVisual ThinkingArnheim, Luria, van Allen
11/7 FReading & DyslexiaWeb readings to be selected
11/12 WReflections on Reading Ehri, Rozin, Hanson
11/14 FComputers in Schoolsmore Schank plus student selected sites
11/19 WVisions for the Use of Computers in the Classroom Schwartz, Brown (1994 & 1997)
11/21 FWork on Conference Sites
12/3 W Memory III: Narrative StructurePillemer&White, Nelson
12/5 FWork on Conference Sites
12/10 WReview via Galatea 2.2Powers
12/12 FStudent Presentations
12/17 WStudent Presentations
12/19 FStudent Presentations