At present, there is a general consensus on the nature of learning programming, but there are different opinions on what forms an effective environment for it. It is generally recognized that the development of a mental model is a formidable task for the student and that learning programming is a complex activity that depends heavily on metacognitive skills. This book, based on a NATO workshop, presents both pure cognitive models and experimental learning environments, and discusses what characteristics can make a learning model effective, especially in relation to the learning environment...

This book constitutes the refereeed proceedings of the Third European Conference on Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques, ECMAST '98, held in Berlin, Germany, in May 1998. The 40 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book by the program committee. The topics covered include multimedia networks and protocols; coded representation of images, sound, and data; multimedia delivery on broadcast and telecom networks; servers and storage architechtures; advanced multimedia terminals and in house networks; multimedia services; Internet and multimedia...

A series of papers that discuss the global existence of weak solutions for kinetic models, the basic concepts of non-standard analysis and their application to gas kinetics, the kinetic equations for semiconductors and the entropy methods used in the study of hydrodynamic limits.

This book is the final result of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'Interactive Learning Technology for the Deaf', which was held between June 4 -7, 1991, in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands. The scientific organizing committee consisted of Frans Coninx (director), Ben Elsendoorn, Richard Foulds and Christopher Jones. The idea for this workshop originated from the observation that interactive learning technology seemed to be very promising in that it might help improve education of deaf children, but also from the given fact that general achievements in helping deaf children to acquire...

1. 1 Rational Expectations and Learning to Become Rational A characteristic feature of dynamic economic models is that, if future states of the economy are uncertain, the expectations of agents mat ter. Producers have to decide today which amount of a good they will produce not knowing what demand will be tomorrow. Consumers have to decide what they spend for consumption today not knowing what prices will prevail tomorrow. Adopting the neo-classical point of view that economic agents are 'rational' in the sense that they behave in their own best interest given their expectations about future...

This text considers nonlinear evolution equations and dynamical systems and provides a presentation of the state of the art. Amongst the topics considered are one- and multi-dimensional models, geometric and algebraic methods, quantum field theory and applications to nonlinear optics.

This book identifies elements in industrial training programs incorporating advanced educational technology that could be appropriately transferred to the secondary school environment. New didactic concepts for developing key qualifications through technology education programs using advanced educational technology in innovative integrative situations are explained from educational, technological, engineering, and management perspectives. The target of the work is to develop integrated learning situations suitable for secondary schools and teacher education, as well as for university-level...

This volume describes the analysis and processing of structural or quantitative data. It emphasizes classification methods and new algorithms, as well as applications in various related fields. It consists of survey papers in addition to research results.