Transfer versus Similarity
Dynamic Assessment
Preparation for Future Learning
Self-scaffolding
Discernment versus Abstraction
Symbolic bridges


Taylor Martin
Daniel Schwartz
Julie Heiser
Na’ilah Nasir
David Sears

John Bransford
Joyce Moore

The construction and analogical transfer of symbolic visualizations. Journal of Research in Science Teaching

A time for telling. Cognition and Instruction

Rethinking transfer: A simple proposal with multiple implications. Review of Research in Education

Designs for knowledge evolution: Methods and measures for a prescriptive learning theory. In Cognition, Education, and Communication Technology

Interactive Analogies. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences

On learning the relationship between quantitative properties and symbolic representations. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences

Identity, goals, and learning: Mathematics in cultural practice. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, Special issue on Diversity, Equity, and Mathematics Learning

“Mo’ money, No Problem”: Learning to talk and play dominoes. In review.

“Points Ain’t Everything”: Emergent goals and average and percent understandings in the play of basketball among African-American students. Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Inventing to Prepare for Learning. In review.


Inventing to prepare for learning
NSF-REC 1999-2003

Contrasting Cases
Department of Education – OERI 1996-1999