Routledge Education Author of the Month July 2011: David Jonassen

Dr. David Jonassen is Curators’ Professor at the University of Missouri where he teaches in the areas of Learning Technologies and Educational Psychology. His current research focuses on the cognitive processes engaged by problem solving and models and methods for supporting those processes during learning, culminating in the book, Learning to Solve Problems: A Handbook for Designing Problem-Solving Learning Environments.

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Since earning his doctorate in educational media and experimental educational psychology from Temple University, Dr. Jonassen has taught at the University of Missouri, Pennsylvania State University, University of Colorado, the University of Twente in the Netherlands, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Syracuse University. He has published 35 books and hundreds of articles, papers, and reports on text design, task analysis, instructional design, computer-based learning, hypermedia, constructivism, cognitive tools, and problem solving.

Dr. Jonassen has given nearly 40 international keynote speeches at conferences in Canada, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Australia, Taiwan, Korea, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Spain, and has been honored with eight Outstanding Book Awards, six Outstanding Article Awards, and a host of other service and publication awards.

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Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments

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Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments provides students, faculty, and instructional designers with a clear, concise introduction to the major pedagogical and psychological theories and their implications for the design of new learning environments for schools, universities, or...

Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
Learning to Solve Problems

A Handbook for Designing Problem-Solving Learning Environments

By David H. Jonassen

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look at problem solving research and practice over the last fifteen years. The first chapter describes differences in types of problems, individual differences among problem-solvers, as well as the domain and context within which a problem is...

Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
Learning to Solve Complex Scientific Problems

Edited by David H. Jonassen

Problem solving is implicit in the very nature of all science, and virtually all scientists are hired, retained, and rewarded for solving problems. Although the need for skilled problem solvers has never been greater, there is a growing disconnect between the need for problem solvers and the...

Published June 10th 2007 by Routledge
Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design

By David H. Jonassen, Martin Tessmer, Wallace H. Hannum

Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design is a handbook of task analysis and knowledge elicitation methods that can be used for designing direct instruction, performance support, and learner-centered learning environments. To design any kind of instruction, it is necessary to articulate a...

Published September 30th 1998 by Routledge
Handbook of Individual Differences, Learning, and Instruction

By David H. Jonassen, Barbara L. Grabowski

Written for teachers, trainers, and instructional designers -- anyone who is responsible for designing or preparing instruction -- this book begins with one basic premise: individual differences mediate learning at all levels and in all situations. That is, some learners find it easier or more...

Published August 31st 1993 by Routledge
Structural Knowledge

Techniques for Representing, Conveying, and Acquiring Structural Knowledge

By David H. Jonassen, Katherine Beissner, Michael Yacci, Katherine Beissner
Edited by Michael Yacci, Michael Yacci

This book introduces the concept of a hypothetical type of knowledge construction -- referred to as structural knowledge -- that goes beyond traditional forms of information recall to provide the bases for knowledge application. Assuming that the validity of the concept is accepted, the volume...

Published January 31st 1993 by Routledge
Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction

A Conversation

Edited by Thomas M. Duffy, David H. Jonassen

This book is about the implications of constructivism for instructional design practices, and more importantly, it is about a dialogue between instructional developers and learning theorists. Working with colleagues in each discipline, the editors were amazed to find a general lack of familiarity...

Published September 30th 1992 by Routledge