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Perspectives on Learning, Thinking, and Activity

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. He specializes in cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence

James G. Greeno, professor

Stanford University, School of Education, Stanford, CA 94305. His areas of specialization are learning, reasoning, and understanding

Lynne M. Reder, professor

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. She specializes in learning and memory

Herbert A. Simon, professor

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. His areas of specialization are learning and problem solving

We continue the discussion of cognitive and situative perspectives by identifying several important points on which we judge the perspectives to be in agreement: (a) Individual and social perspectives on activity are both fundamentally important in education; (b) Learning can be general, and abstractions can be efficacious, but they sometimes aren’t; (c) Situative and cognitive approaches can cast light on different aspects of the educational process, and both should be pursued vigorously; (d) Educational innovations should be informed by the available scientific knowledge base and should be evaluated and analyzed with rigorous research methods.

Educational Researcher, Vol. 29, No. 4, 11-13 (2000)
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X029004011


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