Network Science, A Decade Later:

The Internet and Classroom Learning

By Alan Feldman, Cliff Konold, and Bob Coulter with Brian Conroy, Charles Hutchison, and Nancy London

"Why are network science programs so slow to take hold? When they do get started, why are so few teachers taking advantage of the opportunity to have their students collaborate with distant classrooms? Feldman et al. address these questions based on over a decade of experience with a succession of network-based science programs."

—From the Foreword by Barbara Means

Network Science, A Decade Later reviews the current practice of network science and takes a broader look at the use of technology in science learning. The first part of the book describes the history and current practice of network science. The second section extends the researchers’ inquiry into network science by examining discourse and data in depth. It offers ways to support class discussions and looks at what it takes to bring students to the data and keep data analysis on track. The final chapter focuses on the question: How should the Internet be used—and not used—to support student learning?

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430, (800) 926-6579




Alliance Access
Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2000

In this issue:

Facing Equity: Facing Ourselves

The Online Science-athon

Network Science, A Decade Later

Promoting Schoolwide Reform

Faculty Study Groups

Heterogeneous Versus Homogenous Classes

NISEN Convenes Fourth Annual Conference

Access to Resources

Science-By-Design Series

NCTM Standards 2000