Learners, Learning & Assessment

Introduction - Patricia Murphy PART ONE: THINKING ABOUT LEARNING On Becoming Labelled - The Story of Adam - R P McDermott PART TWO: VIEWS OF THE MIND IMPLICATIONS FOR LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT Reconstructing Educational Psychology - Eric Bredo Is Everyone Musical? - John A Sloboda, Jane W Davidson and Michael J A Howe Making up the Mind - Oliver Sacks Cognitive Development through Social Interaction - Barbara Rogoff Vygotsky and Piaget Legitimate Peripheral Participation - Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger Assessment in Context - Howard Gardner Assessment, Learning Theories and Testing Systems - Paul Black Where Is the Mind? - Paul Cobb PART THREE: LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM IMPLICATIONS Problem Solving as a Basis for Reform in Curriculum and Instruction - James Hiebert et al The Case of Mathematics Assessment Issues in a Performance-Based Subject - Doune Macdonald and Ross Brooker A Case Study of Physical Education Outcomes, Competencies and Trainee-Centred Learning - Alison Wolf The Gap between Rhetoric and Reality Situated Learning and Transfer - Hans Gruber et al Implications for Teaching When Is Experiential Learning Not Experiential Learning? - Mike Wallace PART FOUR: LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT PROCESSES Design of MIST - A System To Help Students Develop Metacognition - Sadhana Puntambekar and Benedict du Boulay Supporting Collaborative Learning - Patricia Murphy A Gender Dimension The Validity and Reliability of Assessments and Self-Assessments of Work-Based Learning - Yves Benett Cultural Bridging and Children's Learning - Kathy Stredder with Karen Emmott and Chris Carpenter Anyone for Tennis? Social Class Differences in Children's Responses to National Curriculum Mathematics Testing - Barry Cooper and M[ac]air[ac]ead Dunne Securing Conceptual Development in Workplaces - Stephen Billett and Judy Rose