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Roy D. Pea, D.Phil., Oxon.Roy D. Pea, D.Phil., Oxon

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roypea@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~roypea
650.724.3720

Academic Background

1978 Doctor of Philosophy University of Oxford, England
Developmental Psychology (Advisor: Jerome S. Bruner)

1974 Bachelor of Arts Michigan State University
Highest Honors
Philosophy, Psychology
Minor in Linguistics

Experience

2001 to present: Professor of Education and the Learning Sciences and C0-Director, Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning

1996 to 2001: SRI International Director of the Center for Technology in Learning (and 2001-onward, Chief Scientist)

1999 to present: TeachScape, Director and Co-Founder

2000 to present: VIP Tone Director

1991 to 1996: Northwestern University John Evans Professor of Education and the Learning Sciences

1988 to 1991: Institute for Research in Learning. Senior Scientist

1986 to 1988: New York University. Professor of Education and the Learning Sciences

1981 to 1986: Bank Street College. Center for Children and Technology

Professional Interests

Exploring how information technologies can support and advance learning and teaching, with particular focus on topics in science, mathematics, technology education

Key Publication

Books Bransford, J. D., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (2000). (Eds.), How People Learn: Mind, Brain, Experience and School,Expanded Edition (incorporating both books below). Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (Co-author).

Donovan, M. S., Bransford, J. D., & Pellegrino, J. (1999, June). (Eds.). How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (Co-author).

Bransford, J. D., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (1999, March). (Eds.), How People Learn: Mind, Brain, Experience and School. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (Co-author).

Pea, R. D., & Sheingold, K. S. (1987). (Eds.). Mirrors of minds: Patterns of experience in educational computing. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. (In Computers and Cognition series, edited by John Black.) Co-authored four chapters. Translated and published in Russia and in China.

Articles and Chapters

Pea, R., Mills, M., Rosen, J., Dauber, K., Effelsberg, W., & Hoffert. E. (2004, Jan-March). The DIVER Project:  Interactive Digital Video Repurposing.  IEEE Multimedia , 11 (1), 54-61.

Pea, R., Mills, M., & Takeuchi, L. (2004). (Editors).  Making SENS: Science Education Networks of Sensors- Report from an OMRON-sponsored Workshop of the Media-X Program at Stanford University , October 3, 2003.  Stanford, CA: Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning. (see http://makingsens.stanford.edu/)

Goldman, S., Pea, R., Maldanado, H. and the WILD Team (in press).  Functioning in the wireless classroom.  Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Mobile Technologies in Learning Workshop , Taiwan, National Central University, March 23-25.

Pea, R. D. (in press). The social and technological dimensions of "scaffolding" and related theoretical concepts for learning, education and human activity.  The Journal of the Learning Sciences , 13 (3).

Roschelle, J. & Pea, R. D. (2002, January 7-11). A walk on the WILD side: How wireless handhelds may change computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). To appear in the International Journal of Cognitive Technologies.

Brecht, J., Chung, M., & Pea, R. (2002, January 7-11). CML – The ClassSync Modeling Language. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Boulder, Colorado.

Pea, R. D. (2001). Technology, equity, and K-12 learning. In R. Noll (Ed). Bridging the digital divide: California Public Affairs Forum (pp. 39-51). Sacramento, CA: California Council of Science and Technology.

President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) (2001, February). Using information technology to change the way we learn. Graham, S. L.& Viterbi, A.J. (Chairs). Panel on Transforming the Way We Learn. (46 pp.) (Invited participant, and co-author)

Hoadley, C. M. & Pea, R. D. (in press). Finding the ties that bind: Tools in support of a knowledge-building community. In K. A. Renninger & W. Shumar (Eds.), Building virtual communities. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Polman, J.L., & Pea, R. D. (in press). Transformative communication as a cultural tool for guiding inquiry science. Science Education.

Polman, J. , & Pea, R.D. (in press). Transformative communication in project science learning discourse. In R. Horowitz (Ed.), The evolution of talk about text: Knowing the world through classroom discourse. International Reading Association and Teachers College Press.

Roschelle, J., Pea, R., Hoadley, C., Gordin, D., & Means, B. (2001). Changing how and what children learn in school with collaborative cognitive technologies. In M. Shields (Ed.), The Future of Children (Special issue on Children and Computer Technology, published by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA), Volume 10, Issue 2, pp. 76-101.

Pea, R. D. (2000). Introduction. The Jossey Bass Technology in Learning Reader (pp. xv-xxiv). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (Read article)

Edelson, D. C., Gordin, D.N., & Pea, R. D. (1999). Addressing the challenges of inquiry-based learning through technology and curriculum design. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 8(3&4), 391-450.Pea, R.D., Tinker, R., Linn, M., Means, B., Bransford, J., Roschelle, J., Hsi, S., Brophy, S., & Songer, N. (1999). Toward a learning technologies knowledge network. Educational Technology Research and Development, 47, 19-38.

Pea, R. D. (1999). New media communication forums for improving education research and practice. In E. C. Lagemann & L. S. Shulman (Eds.), Issues in Education Research: Problems and possibilities (pp. 336-370). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass. (Read article)

Roschelle, J., DiGiano, C., Pea, R., & Kaput, J. (1999). Educational Software Components of Tomorrow (ESCOT). Proceedings of M/SET 99. International Conference on Mathematics/ Science Education & Technology, March 1-4, 1999, San Antonio, Texas.

Roschelle, J., & Pea, R. D. (1999). Trajectories from today’s WWW to a powerful educational infrastructure. Educational Researcher, 28(5), 22-25.

Hand, V., Roschelle, J., & Pea, R. D. (1999). Dimensions of Quality Management Systems in Self-improving Communities. ACM DL, 227.

Pea, R. D. (1998). Distributed intelligence and the growth of virtual learning communities over the global Internet. PC97 Keynote Address, Kyoto, Japan, Council for Improving Educational Computing. (Translation in Japanese).

Gomez, L. M., Fishman., B.J., & Pea, R.D. (1998). The CoVis Project: Building a large scale science education testbed. Interactive Learning Environments, 6(1-2), 59-92. (Read article)

Pea, R.D., Gomez, L. M., Edelson, D.C., Fishman, B. J., Gordin, D. N., & O’Neill, D. K. (1997). Science education as a driver of cyberspace technology development. In K. C. Cohen (Ed.), Internet links for science education (pp. 189-220). New York, NY: Plenum Press.

Pea, R. D. (1997). Learning and teaching with educational technologies. In H.J. Walberg & G. D. Haertel (Eds.), Educational psychology: Effective practices and policies (pp. 274-296). Berkeley, CA: McCutchan Publishers. (Read article)

Gordin, D., Gomez, L., Pea, R. D., & Fishman, B. (1996, December). Using the World Wide Web to build learning communities in K-12. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communications, 2(3). (http://www.usc.edu/dept/annenberg/vol2/issue3/gordin.html (Read article)

Edelson, D. C., Pea, R. D., & Gomez, L. M. (1996). The Collaboratory Notebook. Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 39(4), 32-33

Gordin, D. N., Edelson, D. C., Gomez, L. M., Lento, E. M., & Pea, R.D. (1996, January). Student conference on Global Warming: A collaborative network-supported ecologically hierarchic geosciences curriculum. Proceedings of the 76th American Meteorological Society Meetings.

Ramamurthy, M., Wilhelmson, R., Hall, S., Plutchak, J., Sridhar, M., Fishman, B., Gordin, D., Pea, R. D., & Gomez, L. M. (1996, January). CoVis Geosciences Web Server: An Internet-Based Resource for the K-12 community. Proceedings of the 76th American Meteorological Society Meetings.

Edelson, D. C., Pea, R. D., & Gomez., L. (1995). Constructivism in the collaboratory. In B. G. Wilson (Ed.), Constructivist learning environments: Case studies in instructional design (pp. 151-164). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.

Fishman, B., Gomez, L., Pea, R., & Gordin, D. (1995). Using the WWW to Build Learning Communities in K-12 Settings, Part II: The Next Generation of Web Servers to Support Learning Communities. Global Network Navigator, O’Reilly and Associates, Inc.

Fishman, B. J., Gordin, D. N., Gomez, L.M., & Pea, R. D. (1995). Using the WWW to Build Learning Communities in K-12 Settings, Part I. Global Network Navigator, O’Reilly and Associates, Inc.

Gordin, D., Edelson, D., & Pea, R. D. (1995, January). The Greenhouse effect visualizer: A tool for the science classroom. Proceedings of the 75th American Meteorological Society Meetings.

Gordin, D., & Pea, R. D. (1995). Prospects for scientific visualization as an educational technology. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4(3), 249-279.

Pea, R. D. (1995). The emergence and challenges of distributed multimedia learning environments. In F. Harmgarth (Ed)., School improvement through media in education (pp. 47-92). Gutersloh, Germany: Bertelsmann Foundation. (Read article)

Ramamurthy, M. K., Wilhelmson, R.B., Pea, R.D., Gomez, L. M., & Edelson, D. C. (1995, January). CoVis: A national science education collaboratory. Proceedings of the 75th American Meteorological Society Meetings.

Reiner, M., Pea, R. D., & Shulman, D. (1995). The impact of simulator-based instruction on the diagramming of the interaction of light and matter by introductory physics students. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 4 (3), 199-226. (Read article)

Fishman, B., & Pea, R.D. (1994). The Internetworked School: A Policy for the Future. Technos: Quarterly of Education and Technology, 3(1), 22-26.

Linn, M. C., diSessa, A., Pea, R. D., & Songer, N. B. (1994, March). Can research on science learning and instruction inform standards for science education? Journal of Science Education and Technology.

Gordin, D., Polman, J., & Pea, R. D. (1994). The Climate Visualizer: Sense-making through scientific visualization. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 3, 203-226.

McGee, S., & Pea, R. D. (1994, January). Cyclone in the classroom: Bringing the atmospheric sciences community into the high school. Proceedings of the Third American Meteorological Society Symposium on Education, 74th Annual Meeting of the AMS, Nashville TN

Pea, R. D. (1994). Seeing what we build together: Distributed multimedia learning environments for transformative communications. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 3(3), 283-298. (Read article)

Linn, M.C., & Pea, R. D. (1994). Discussion of Judah Schwartz’s chapter. In A. H. Schoenfeld (Ed.)., Mathematical thinking and problem solving. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Koschmann, T., Newman, D., Woodruff, E., Pea, R.D., & Rowley, P. (1993). Technology and pedagogy for collaborative problem solving as a context for learning: Report on a CSCW ‘92 Workshop. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 25(4), 57-60. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1993a, October). Current developments in Educational Technology Programs: Doctoral training in the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. In D. P. Ely & B. M. Minor (Eds.), Educational Media and Technology Handbook. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. (Read article)

Pea, R.D. (1993b). Distributed multimedia learning environments: The Collaborative Visualization Project. Communications of the ACM, 36(5), 60-63.

Pea, R. D. (1993c). Learning scientific concepts through material and social activities: Conversational analysis meets conceptual change. Educational Psychologist, 28(3), 265-277. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1993d). Practices of distributed intelligence and designs for education. In G. Salomon (Ed.). Distributed cognitions. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 47-87. (Abridged version translated in Sayeki, Y. et al. (Eds.) Information and Media (Modern Education Series, vol. 8), Tokyo; Iwanami-Shoten (to be published in 1998) (Published in Japanese. Japanese title; Joho to Media). (Koza: Gendai no Kyoiku, 8).

Pea, R. D., & Bransford, J. (1993, April). Cognitive science, information technologies, and the reform of learning environments: High leverage opportunities for the MacArthur Foundation. MacArthur Foundation Report.

Allen, C. L., Linde, C., Pea, R. D., de Vet, J., & de Vogel, R. (1992). The Picasso Project on Multimedia Communications: Final Report. Technical Report, Institute for Research on Learning. Palo Alto. CA. (14-minute videotape available on request).

Allen, C., & Pea, R. D. (1992). The social construction of genre in multimedia learning environments. Final Report to Apple Classroom of Tomorrow Project.

Pea, R. D. (1992). Augmenting the discourse of learning with computer-based learning environments. In E. de Corte, M. Linn, & L. Verschaffel (Eds.), Computer-based learning environments and problem-solving (NATO Series, subseries F: Computer and System Sciences). New York: Springer-Verlag GmbH (pp. 313-343).

Pea, R. D., Allen, S., Sipusic, M., Goldman, S., Reiner, M., and Jul, S. (August). Designing classroom discourse resources for conceptual change in science. Final Report to the National Science Foundation, #MDR-88-55582. (26 minute videotape available on request).

Pea, R. D., & Gomez, L. (1992a). Distributed multimedia learning environments: Why and how? Interactive Learning Environments, 2(2), 73-109. (Read article)

Pea, R.D. & Gomez, L. (1992b, September). Learning through collaborative visualization: Shared technology learning environments for science. Proceedings of SPIE ‘92 (International Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers): Enabling Technologies for High-Bandwidth Applications, Vol. 1785, pp. 253-264.

Pea, R.D. (1991, July). Learning through multimedia. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 11(4), 58-66 (Translated in Italian and republished in Golem Newsletter, March, 1992, 4(3), 6-13.)

Pea, R.D., Sipusic, M., & Allen, S. (1991). Seeing the light on optics: Classroom-based research and development for conceptual change. In S. Strauss (Ed.), Development and Learning Environments: Seventh Annual Workshop on Human Development. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. (editor never submitted final manuscript to publisher; manuscript available on request.)

Pea, R. D. (1990). Inspecting everyday mathematics: Reexamining culture-cognition relations. Educational Researcher, 19(4), 28-31.

Pea, R.D., Boyle, E., and de Vogel, R. (1990). Design spaces for multimedia composing tools. In B. Bowen (Ed.), Designing for Learning. Cupertino, CA: Apple Computer Press.

Roschelle, J., Pea, R. D., & Trigg, R. (1990). VideoNoter: A tool for exploratory video analysis. Institute for Research on Learning, Technical Report, No. 17.

Thornburg, D.G., & Pea, R.D. (1990). Synthesizing instructional technologies and educational culture: Exploring cognition and metacognition in the social studies. J. of Educational Computing Research. 1989

Falmagne, R. J., Mawby, R. A., & Pea, R. D. (1989). Linguistic and logical factors in recognition of indeterminacy. Cognitive Development, 4, 141-176.

Mills, M. I., & Pea, R. D. (1989). Mind and media in dialog: Issues in multimedia composition. In K. Hooper & S. Ambron (Eds.), Full-Spectrum Learning. Cupertino, CA: Apple Computer, Inc. (Read article)

Roschelle, J., Pea, R. D., & Sipusic, M. (1989, April). Design of a tool for video analysis. Proceedings of ACM/SIGCHI Workshop on Video as a Research and Design Tool, MIT, Cambridge MA.

Pea, R. D. (1988a). Computers and excellence in the future of education. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 517, 125-138.

Pea, R. D. (1988b). Putting knowledge to use. In R. S. Nickerson & P. Zodhiates (Eds.), Technology in education in the year 2020, pp. 169-212. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Pea, R.D., Eisenberg, M., & Turbak, F. (1988, August). Creatures of Habit: A computational system to enhance and illuminate the development of scientific thinking. Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Montreal, Canada. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Pea, R. D., & Soloway, E. (1988, June). The state of the art in educational technology R&D: Policy issues and opportunities. Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, pp. 16-17, Montreal, Canada. (Read article)

Hawkins, J., & Pea, R. D. (1987). Tools for bridging everyday and scientific thinking. Journal for Research in Science Teaching, 24(4), 291-307.

Kurland, D. M., Clement, C., Mawby, R., & Pea, R. D. (1987). Mapping the cognitive demands of learning to program. In D. Perkins, J. Lochhead, & J. Bishop (Eds.), Thinking: Progress on research and teaching (pp. 333-358). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

McLaughlin, J. A., & Pea, R. D. (1987). The likelihood of correlational thinking in adults: A comparative study and methodological critique. Journal of Genetic Psychology Monographs.

Pea, R. D. (1987a). The aims of software criticism: Reply to Professor Papert. Educational Researcher, 16(5), 4-8.

Pea, R. D. (1987b). Cognitive technologies for mathematics education. In A. Schoenfeld (Ed.), Cognitive science and mathematics education (pp. 89-122). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Pea, R. D. (1987c). Making computer use humane (Review of Using computers: The human factors of information systems by Raymond S. Nickerson). Contemporary Psychology, 32, 420-421.

Pea, R. D. (1987d). Programming and problem-solving: Children’s experiences with Logo. In T. O’Shea & E. Scanlon (Eds.), Educational computing (An Open University Reader). London: John Wiley & Sons. (Also Technical Report No. 12, Bank Street College, Center for Children and Technology, April 1983).

Pea, R. D. (1987e). Review of User-centered system design, edited by D. A. Norman and S. Draper. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 3(1), 129-134.

Pea, R. D. (1987f). Socializing the knowledge transfer problem. International Journal of Educational Research, 11, 639-663.

Pea, R. D., & Hawkins, J. (1987). Planning in a chore-scheduling task. In S. L. Friedman, E. K. Scholnick, & R. R. Cocking (Eds.), Blueprints for thinking: The role of planning in cognitive development (pp. 273-302). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Pea, R. D., & Kurland, D. M. (1987). Cognitive technologies for writing development. In L. Frase (Ed.), Review of Research in Education, Vol. 14 (pp. 71-120). Washington DC: AERA Press.

Pea, R. D., & Russell, R. L. (1987). Ethnography and the vicissitudes of talk in psychotherapy. In R. L. Russell (Ed.), Spoken language in psychotherapy: Strategies of discovery. New York: Plenum.

Pea, R. D., & Soloway, E. (1987, October). The state of the art in educational technology R&D: Policy issues and opportunities. Technical Report prepared for the Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC (NTIS Order #OB 88-194 634/AS; 145 pp.)

Pea, R. D., Soloway, E., & Spohrer, J. (1987). The buggy path to the development of programming expertise. Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 9(1), 5-30.

Kurland, D. M., Pea, R. D., Clement, C., & Mawby, R. (1986). A study of the development of programming ability and thinking skills in high school students. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2(4), 429-458. (Reprinted in E. Soloway & J. Spohrer (Eds.), Studying the novice programmer. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1989.)

Pea, R. D. (1986). Language-independent conceptual bugs in novice programming. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2(1), 25-36. (Read article)

Kurland, D. M., & Pea, R. D. (1985). Children’s mental models of recursive Logo programs. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1(2), 235-243. (Reprinted in E. Soloway & J. Spohrer (Eds.), Studying the novice programmer. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1989.) (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1985a). Beyond amplification: Using computers to reorganize human mental functioning. Educational Psychologist, 20, 167-182. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1985b). Integrating human and computer intelligence. In E. L. Klein (Ed.), New directions for child development: No. 28, Children and computers (pp. 75-96). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1985c). Learning to think mathematically. The Bank Street Software Letter, 1(3), 1-2, 4. (Read article)

Pea, R. D., Kurland, D. M., & Hawkins, J. (1985). Logo programming and the development of thinking skills. In M. Chen & W. Paisley (Eds.), Children and microcomputers: Formative studies (pp. 193-212). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Hawkins, J., Pea, R. D., Glick, J., & Scribner, S. (1984). “Merds that laugh don’t like mushrooms”: Evidence for deductive reasoning by preschoolers. Developmental Psychology, 20(4), 584-594.

Mawby, R., Clement, C., Pea, R. D., & Hawkins, J. (1984, February). Structured interviews on children’s conceptions of computers. Technical Report No. 19, Bank Street College, Center for Children and Technology. (Also ERIC-ED-249-932).

Pea, R. D. (1984). Symbol systems and thinking skills: Logo in context. Proceedings of the 1984 National Logo Conference (Also in Technical Report No. 29, Bank Street College, Center for Children and Technology.)

Pea, R. D., & Kurland, D. M. (1984). On the cognitive effects of learning computer programming. New Ideas in Psychology, 2, 137-168. (Read article)

Pea, R. D., & Kurland, D. M. (1983, June). On the cognitive prerequisites of learning computer programming. Report to NIE (Contract #400-83-0016). Technical Report No. 18, Bank Street College, Center for Children and Technology. (Also ERIC-ED-249-931) 1982

Jewson (Hawkins), J., & Pea, R. D. (1982, August). Logo research at Bank Street College. Byte, 332-333. (Read article)

McLaughlin, J. A., & Pea, R. D. (1982). Children’s comprehension of relational terms: Two developmental levels. In C. E. Johnson & C. L. Thew (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Child Language (Vol. 1, pp. 284-293). Lanham, MD: University Press. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1982a). Origins of verbal logic: Spontaneous denials by two- and three-year olds. Journal of Child Language, 9, 597-626. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1982b, November). Prospects and challenges for using microcomputers in schools. Technical Report No. 7. New York: Bank Street College, Center for Children and Technology.

Pea, R. D. (1982c). Werner’s influences on contemporary psychology. Human Development, 25, 303-308. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1982d). What is planning development the development of? In D. Forbes & M. T. Greenberg (Eds.), New directions for child development: No. 18, Children’s planning strategies (pp. 5-27). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1982e). Why not communicate about communication? Contemporary Psychology, 27, 540-541.

Pea, R. D., & Kaplan, B. (1982). Lexical development from the perspective of genetic dramatism. In C. E. Johnson & C. L. Thew (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Child Language (Vol. 2). Lanham, MD: University Press.

Pea, R. D., & Mawby, R. (1982). The semantics of modal auxiliary use by preschoolers. In C. E. Johnson & C. L. Thew (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Child Language (Vol. 2). Lanham, MD: University Press.

Posner, M. I., Pea, R. D., & Volpe, B. (1982). Cognitive neuroscience: Developments toward a scientific synthesis. In J. Mehler, E. Walker, & M. Garrett (Eds.), On mental representation: Experimental and theoretical studies of cognitive processes and capacities (pp. 251-276). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. (Read article)

Teske, J., & Pea, R. D. (1981). Metatheoretical issues in cognitive science. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 2(2), 123-178. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1980). The development of negation in early child language. In D. R. Olson (Ed.), The social foundations of language and thought: Essays in honor of Jerome S. Bruner (pp. 156-186). New York: W.W. Norton.

Pea, R. D. (1980). Logic in early child language. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 345, 27-43. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1979). Can information theory explain early word choice? Journal of Child Language, 6, 397-410. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1978). Piaget and babies abroad. Contemporary Psychology, 23, 557-559. (Read article)

Pea, R. D. (1978). Review of Play (C. Garvey) and Play (J. Bruner, K. Sylva, A. Jolly). Quarterly Newsletter of Comparative Human Development.

Conference Papers/Colloquia (others on request)

Roschelle, J. & Pea, R. D. (2002, January 7-11). A walk on the WILD side: How wireless handhelds may change computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). Keynote Address, International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Boulder, Colorado.

Brecht, J., Chung, M., & Pea, R. (2002, January 7-11). CML – The ClassSync Modeling Language. Technical Paper, International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Boulder, Colorado.

Pea, R. D. (2001, June 27). Roles for technology in teacher learning and education. NECC (National Educational Computing Conference), Chicago, IL.

Pea, R. D. (2001, June 2). Leveraging Distributed Expertise in Learning and Teaching with Technologies. Invited Keynote Address to the International Conference on Intelligent Multimedia and Distance Education, Fargo, ND.

Pea, R. D. (2001, April 11). Integrating web-based video case studies and community tools for teacher professional development. In symposium entitled: “Defining the Video Case: What We Know and How We (Use Video To) Know It,” Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Pea, R. D., Hsi, S., & Baumgartner, E. (2001, March 30). Using Synergy Partnerships to Design Technology-Enhanced Project-Based Learning Environments. Project-Based Learning Conference: “Kids Who Know and Do,” San Francisco, CA.

Pea, R. D. (2001, March 13). New technologies for teacher professional development. IIR’s 3rd Annual Education Industry Investment Forum, Phoenix, Az.

Pea, R.D. (2001, February 27). Frameworks and tools for on-line teacher development support. Invited presentation to the Executive Board of the AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education), Dallas TX.

Pea, R. D. (2001, February 19). Developments in distributed learning environments for middle school mathematics and teacher learning. AAAS Forum for School Science and Mathematics, Symposium: A Fresh Look at Technology in Support of Learning by All Students. San Francisco, CA.

Pea, R.D. (2001, January 24-25). Symposium on Improving Learning with Information Technologies (Co-Chair and Moderator). National Academies of Sciences and Engineering.

Pea, R. D. (2000, December 9). Technology, equity, and K-12 learning. Bridging the digital divide: California Public Affairs Forum, Stanford University Law School, Stanford CA.

Pea, R. D. (2000, December 8). Leveraging Distributed Expertise in Learning and Teaching with Technologies. Intel's Education Forum: Trends and Opportunities in Education, Intel Architecture Laboratory, Hillsboro, Oregon.

Pea, R. D. (2000, November 28-29). Critical tools for a distributed federation of learning technologies R&D: Simware, socioware, and other enablers. NSF Workshop on a Proposed Learning Federation, Washington DC. (also see http://207.21.219.248/).

Pea, R. D. (2000, May 26). Towards Integrating the Sciences and Technologies of Learning for Education. University of Washington, Invited Colloquium to PETTT (Program for Educational Transformation through Technology). Seattle, WA.

Pea, R. D. (2000, March 6). Leveraging the web for continuous K-12 mathematics and sciences teacher professional development. Invited address by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Symposium for the National Commission for Improving Mathematics and Science Education (“Glenn Commission”). Washington, DC.

Pea, R.D. (2000, February 10). Networked improvement communities in K-12 education. Invited presentation to Doug Engelbart's Colloquium, " An In-Depth Look at The Unfinished Revolution in Computing and Society,” Stanford University.

Pea, R.D. (1999, October 7). Learning in the age of collective intelligence. The ITU Conference, Oslo, Norway, Keynote address.

Pea, R. D. (1999, June 2). The sciences and technologies of learning. Inaugural Learning Sciences Colloquium, National Science Foundation, Washington DC.

Pea, R. D. (1999, May 7). Next-generation learning technologies: Critical synthesis. US Department of Education Briefing for Deputy Undersecretary of Education Michael Smith.

Pea, R. D. et al. (1999, April 22). Toward a learning technologies knowledge network. AERA Presidential Symposium on Current Applications of Instructional Theory in Technology. Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Roschelle, J., DiGiano, C., Pea, R., & Kaput, J. (1999, March 1-4). Educational Software Components of Tomorrow (ESCOT). Proceedings of M/SET 99. International Conference on Mathematics/ Science Education & Technology. San Antonio, Texas.

Pea, R. D. (1998, November 16).“What’s up down south?” Plans and progress from the Center for Innovative Learning Technologies. Invited address, TeleLearning98, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Pea, R. D. (1998, November 14).“Hot technologies” for net learning advances. Invited address and advisement with the Canadian TeleLearning-NCE Board of Directors, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pea, R. D. Prospecting the future of learning technologies and communities: Ecological trends and the questions they raise. (1998).

Ameritech Lecture and Plenary Event, Michigan State University, Great Lakes Region Shaping the Future Workshop on Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Undergraduate Science, Mathematics Engineering (sponsored by the National Science Foundation). (June 4). Also keynote address to the Global Learning Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark (October 20).

Pea, R. D. (1998, October 13). Issues in the design of distributed intelligence and the growth of virtual learning communities. Invited address and roundtable discussions for the University of California series on “The University in the 21st Century.” U. California, Berkeley, Center for Studies in Higher Education.

Pea, R. D., Schlager, M., & Roschelle, J. (1998, September 13). TAPPED IN and ESCOT as two “partnership networks” for research innovation in learning technologies. Presentation to invited session to the Software Publishers’ Association on “Successes in Commercializing Learning Technologies Research-Based Products,” Chicago, IL.

Pea, R. D. Learning, Loops, and Literacy. (1998, March 22-25). PCForum (Hosted by Release 2.0, Esther Dyson), Invited Panelist, Tucson, AZ.

Pea, R. D. (1998, February 5). The pros and cons of technology in the classroom: Debate with Larry Cuban. Sponsored by Bay Area School Reform Collaborative, Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA. Transcript and discussions available on the web at: http://www.tappedin.org/info/teachers/debate.html.

Pea, R.D., Roschelle, J., DiGiano, C., Schank, P., & Schlager, M. (1997, December 18). A flying circus on the collaborative tailoring of educational objects. Invited plenary session of the Third International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, U. Toronto, (Videotape available: Springfield, IL: Center for Educational Television, 60 minutes).

Pea, R. D. Distributed intelligence and the growth of virtual learning communities over the global Internet. (1997, August 7-10). PC97 Keynote Address, Kyoto, Japan, Council for Improving Educational Computing.

Pea, R. D. Implications of the cognitive and computer sciences for science learning and teaching. (1997, March 21-24). Invited plenary address, Annual Meetings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Oakbrook, IL.

Fishman, B., Gomez, L., Pea, R. D., Edelson, D., Lento, E., D’Amico, L., Gordin, D., Kwon, S., O’Neill, K., Polman, J., Shrader, G., Lachance-Whitcomb, J., & Wagner, R. (1997, March 21-24). The CoVis Project: A national testbed for science learning reform. Papers and workshop presented at the Annual Meetings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Oakbrook, IL.

Pea, R.D., & Fishman, B. (1996). The CoVis Project: An Overview. Invited presentation to the National Governors’ Association National Education Summit. IBM Palisades Conference Center, Palisades, NY (March).

Pea, R. D. (1995) Learning and teaching with educational technologies: Need for an Internet-Based “Education Depot.” Panel on Educational Technologies, President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), White House Conference Center. (October 3). 

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