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[|Naive Understandings Background Paper.pdf]: a paper by which started some discussions, which led to this wiki

[| Presentation at the VITTA Conference, 2006] (based on the Naive Understandings Background paper, with a few additional inclusions)

[|Presentation at the VITTA Conference, 2007] (not a paper, but the slide show which was used)

[|Presentation at the AARE Conference, 2009] (with a more substantive literature review)

Mulhall, P., Berry, A., & Loughran, J. (2003). Frameworks for representing science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge. //Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching 4//(2). Available on: http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v4_issue2/mulhall/index.htm

Loughran, J., Berry, A., & Mulhall, P. (2006). //Understanding and Developing Science Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge.// Sense Publishers. Available on: http://www.sensepublishers.com/catalog/files/90-77874-23-2.pdf

Staff at Michigan State University have asked the question: "Is There A Role for Programming in Non-Major Computer Science Courses?", and developed an approach which involved conceptual understandings in innovative assessment called "bridge tasks": http://www.cse.msu.edu/rgroups/cse101/FIE2000/fie2000.htm

computer literacy: comprehensive discussion with interesting ideas at slashdot http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/06/05/24/0125200.shtml

Here's an interesting article: "Metaphors we compute by" http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ejlawler/meta4compute.html

Internet literacy http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/internet101/a/internet101.htm Five negative experiences of self taught internet users There are other internet tutorial and FAQ pages at this site
 * 1) Lack confidence
 * 2) Bad habits
 * 3) Will misrepresent selves due to ignorance of internet culture
 * 4) Being overwhelmed
 * 5) Miss out on great experiences they don't know about (unknown unknowns)

IBM Common User Access and interface design: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_User_Access

There's some information about meaning-making and algebra on: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/29/8c/07.pdf

Some good ideas here - yet to classify: http://csunplugged.com/