The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences

R. Keith Sawyer, the Morgan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studies creativity, innovation, and learning, with a focus on collaborating groups and teams. He is the author or editor of seventeen books, including Reflections on the Learning Sciences (2016) and The Creative Classroom: Innovative Teaching for 21st-Century Learners (2019).

Preface R. Keith Sawyer; 1. An introduction to the learning sciences R. Keith Sawyer; Part I. Foundations: 2. Foundations of the learning sciences Mitchell J. Nathan, R. Keith Sawyer; 3. Scaffolding Brian J. Reiser, Iris Tabak; 4. Project-based learning Joseph S. Krajcik, Namsoo Shin; 5. Metacognition and self-regulated learning Philip H. Winne, Roger Azevedo; 6. A history of conceptual change research: Threads and fault lines Andrea A. diSessa; 7. Learning in activity Yrjö Engeström; 8. Cognitive apprenticeship Allan Collins, Manu Kapur; Part II. Methodologies: 9. Design-based research: A methodological toolkit for engineering change Sasha Barab; 10. Analyzing collaboration Noel Enyedy, Reed Stevens; 11. Microgenetic methods Bruce L. Sherin, Clark A. Chinn; 12. A learning sciences perspective on the design and use of assessment in education James W. Pellegrino; 13. Learning analytics and educational data mining Ryan S. Baker, George Siemens; Part III. Grounding Technology in the Learning Sciences: 14. Videogames and learning Constance Steinkuehler, Kurt Squire; 15. Embodiment and embodied design Dor Abrahamson, Robb Lindgren; 16. Tangible and Full-body interfaces in learning Narcis Pares, Michael Eisenberg; 17. Augmented reality in the learning sciences Bertrand Schneider, Iulian Radu; 18. Mobile learning Roy Pea, Mike Sharples; Part IV. Learning Together: 19. Knowledge building and knowledge creation Marlene Scardamalia, Carl Bereiter; 20. Computer-supported collaborative learning Gerry Stahl, Timothy Koschmann, Daniel Suthers; 21. Arguing to learn Jerry Andriessen, Michael Baker; 22. Informal learning in museums Palmyre Pierroux, Karen Knutson, Kevin Crowley; Part V. Learning Disciplinary Knowledge: 23. Research in mathematics education: What can it teach us about human learning? Anna Sfard, Paul Cobb; 24. Science education and the learning sciences: A coevolutionary connection Nancy Butler Songer, Yael Kali; 25. Complex systems and the learning sciences: Educational, theoretical, and methodological implications Michael J. Jacobson, Uri Wilensky; 26. Learning history Mario Carretero, Everardo Perez-Majarrez; 27. Learning to be literate Peter Smagorinsky, Richard E. Mayer; 28. Arts education and the learning sciences Erica Halverson, Kimberly Sheridan; 29. Learning as a cultural process: Achieving equity through diversity Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Ann S. Rosebery, Beth Warren, Carol D. Lee; 30. Designing for meaningful learning: Interest, motivation, and engagement K. Ann Renninger, Sanna Järvelä; 31. Advances in teacher learning research in the learning sciences Barry J. Fishman, Carol K. K. Chan, Elizabeth A. Davis; 32. Learning sciences and policy: A decade of mutual engagement William R. Penuel, James P. Spillane, Min Sun; 33. The learning sciences in the 2020s: Implications for schools and beyond R. Keith Sawyer.