The ability to effectively search the Internet is an increasingly critical skill. In this position paper we discuss how researchers can improve the manner in which students learn to search the Internet. We propose that social factors can play a large role in transferring expertise between parties and that existing tools for instruction and communication do not adequately support social learning...

Educators have a twofold challenge in teaching relational database design concepts: to deliver the theory of relational database and to provide students with practical skills to perform effectively in real life. This paper introduces a pedagogical approach based on Cognitive apprenticeship for teaching an undergraduate relational database course. The goal of utilizing cognitive apprenticeship m...

The future is dependent on the STEM graduate education system, emphasizing importance of programs in producing highly trained expert researchers. cognitive apprenticeship (CA) framework provides guidance to experts (i.e., faculty) how explicate their knowledge through creation learning opportunities that foster and support students developing expertise a particular discipline. This review exami...