Classroom Dynamics

<p>This book reports an attempt to introduce change in schools using a computer-based curriculum innovation for teaching higher-order thinking skills to middle and high school students. One of the volume's themes is the extraordinary complexity and difficulty of facilitating such change in schools. A corollary of that theme is the fact that patience must be an integral part of the strategy when promoting or studying change in schools. <br><br> In reporting the activities during the early years of a technological innovation and research project in which the emphasis thus far has been primarily on establishing the change, this book focuses on describing the move to a technology-based learning environment. As such, it details an ongoing process -- a fascinating process -- and one that is likely to be repeated in the near future in countless schools throughout the nation.</p> <p><b>Contents: </b>The Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation Project. The Systems Thinking Network Project: STACIN. Project Components: Systems Thinking, Graphical User Interfaces, and Modeling. Observations, Issues, Cautions, and Lessons Learned. Technology and Patterns of Teacher Adaptation. Future Research and Policy Implications. <b>Appendices: </b>Evolving Case Studies. Draft Model of a Computer-Based Curriculum Innovation. Past and Present Participating Teachers and Project Directors.</p>