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Some of today's educational experts were asked to envision the year 2020, when technology has assumed a major role in elementary and secondary education. The informed conjecture that followed is contained in this volume; contributors offer visions of the future as well as specific steps that could t...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
352
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN #
0805802975
EAN Code
9780805802979
ISBN #
6
Written by a team of leading international researchers under the guidance of Frank Durso, the second edition of the Handbook of Applied Cognition brings together the latest research into this challenging and important field, and is presented across thirty stimulating and accessible chapters. Steward...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
918
Publisher
Wiley
ISBN #
0470015349
EAN Code
9780470015346
ISBN #
5
What does it mean to be rational – to reason well and effectively? How does rationality, broadly conceived, relate to the knowledge one acquires, the beliefs one forms, the explanations one constructs or appropriates, the judgments and decisions one makes, the values one adopts? What is the characte...
Author
Raymond S. Nickerson
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
520
Publisher
Psychology Press
ISBN #
1841694878
EAN Code
9781841694870
ISBN #
3
This is a collection of chapters by prior and present senior employees of Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) describing the technology and business history the company from the company's founding in 1948 until the mid-2000s. BBN is renowned in computing history as a leading technology innovator.
Binding
Paperback
Pages
582
Publisher
Waterside Publishing
ISBN #
0978973704
EAN Code
9780978973704
ISBN #
10
Cognitive psychology is the basis of many applications in almost every area of technology, business, industry, and education. This book provides workers in applied arenas with presentations of research aimed directly at the problems and issues that confront them. It will cover key areas including bu...
Author
Raymond S. Nickerson, Roger W. Schvaneveldt, Susan T. Dumais, D. Stephen Lindsay, Michelene T. H. Chi
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
904
Publisher
Wiley
ISBN #
0471977659
EAN Code
9780471977650
ISBN #
9
This book identifies areas that represent new needs and opportunities for human factors research in the coming decades. It is forward-looking, problem oriented, and selectively focused on national or global problems, including productivity in organizations, education and training, employment and dis...
Author
Committee on Human Factors, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Human-Systems Integration
Binding
Paperback
Pages
336
Publisher
National Academies Press
ISBN #
0309052769
EAN Code
9780309052764
ISBN #
8
Lack of ability to think probabilistically makes one prone to a variety of irrational fears and vulnerable to scams designed to exploit probabilistic naiveté, impairs decision making under uncertainty, facilitates the misinterpretation of statistical information, and precludes critical evaluation of...
Author
Raymond S. Nickerson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
472
Publisher
Psychology Press
ISBN #
0805848991
EAN Code
9780805848991
ISBN #
4
This book stimulates thinking on the topic of detrimental environmental change and how research psychologists can help to address the problem. In addition to reporting environmentally relevant psychological research, the author identifies the most pressing questions from an environmental point of vi...
Author
Raymond S. Nickerson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
336
Publisher
Psychology Press
ISBN #
0805840974
EAN Code
9780805840971
ISBN #
2
Tufts University faculty
Position:Psychologist • Author
Professor
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science