Beyond Amplification: Using the computer to Reorganize Mental Functioning

Roy D. Pea

558 citations0/0 files storedEducational Psychologist

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Educational Technology in Learning Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes Digital Education and Society

Abstract

Computers are classically viewed as amplifiers of cognition. An alternative conceptualization is offered of computer as reorganizer of mental functioning. Software analyses illuminate the advantages of the latter approach for new visions of the potential cognitive benefits of computers. A new result emerges: Because the cognitive technologies we invent serve as instruments of cultural redefinition (shaping who we are by changing, not just amplifying, what we do), defining educational values becomes a foreground issue. The demands of an information society make an explicit emphasis on general cognitive skills a priority. The urgency of updating education's goals and methods recommends an activist research paradigm: to simultaneously create and study changes in processes and outcomes of human learning with new cognitive and educational tools.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 558 citations exist upstream.

References

1978Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes 1962Thought and language 1982Orality and Literacy 1960The Process of Education 1981The Psychology of Literacy 1976Cognitive development : its cultural and social foundations 1982The Domestication of the Savage Mind 2024The school and society

Cited by

2006Integrating technology into K-12 teaching and learning: current knowledge gaps and recommendations for future research 2004The Social and Technological Dimensions of Scaffolding and Related Theoretical Concepts for Learning, Education, and Human Activity 1991Partners in Cognition: Extending Human Intelligence with Intelligent Technologies 2005Using Hypermedia as a Metacognitive Tool for Enhancing Student Learning? The Role of Self-Regulated Learning 2010Scaffolding problem solving in technology-enhanced learning environments (TELEs): Bridging research and theory with practice 2005

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.