Co-chair
Main fields of research: cognitive psychology, cognitive science, psycholo- gical assessment, environmental psychology.
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Opwis, K. & Spada, H. (1994). Computer modeling of problem solving and learning. In T. Husen & T. N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education. Pergamon Press.
D. Towne, T. de Jong & H. Spada (Eds.) (1993). Simulation-based experiential learning. Berlin: Springer.
Ernst, A.M. & Spada, H. (1993). Modeling actors in a resource dilemma: a computerized social learning environment. In D. Towne, T. de Jong & H. Spada (Eds.), Simulation-based experimiential learning. (pp. 105-120). Berlin: Springer.
Spada, H. (1994). Kognitive Modellierung als Diagnose. In D. Bartussek & M. Amelang (Hrsg.), Fortschritte der Differentiellen Psychologie und Psychologischen Diagnostik. (S. 187-201). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Spada, H. & Ploetzner, R. (1994). Multiple mental representations of information. In R. Lewis & P. Mendelsohn (Eds.), Lessons from learning. (pp. 1-11). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Reimann, P. & Spada, H. (Eds.) (in print). Learning in humans and machines: Towards an interdisciplinary learning science. Amsterdam: Elsevier.