Allan Collins

Thinkers1936 to 2026Cognitive scientist

Works

  • Cognitive Apprenticeship: Teaching the Crafts of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, Knowing, Learning, and Instruction: Essays in Honor of Robert Glaser (Lawrence Erlbaum), 1989

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Northwestern University learning scientist whose work spans cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, and education. With John Seely Brown and Susan Newman he described cognitive apprenticeship, which makes an expert's thinking visible through modeling, coaching, scaffolding, articulation, reflection, and exploration.

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