Elliot Soloway, Principal Investigator Associate Professor The University of Michigan Department of Electrical & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 146 ATL 1101 Beal Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 Voice: 313/936-1562

Education University of Massachusetts - 1978 Ph.D. Computer & Information Science University of Massachusetts - 1972 M.S. Computer & Information Science Ohio State University - 1969 B.A. Philosophy   Academic Experience University of Michigan, 1993-present, Associate Professor, School of Education University of Michigan, 1988-present, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Yale University, 1985-1988, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science Yale University, 1985-1988, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Yale University, 1983-1985, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Yale University, 1981-1985, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science   Selected Recent Research Grants Agency: NSF Title: Computation-Enhanced Science Learning: Science Works as Technological Scaffolding for Model Creation Period: 3 years, 9/93-8/96(Ongoing) Amount: $1,608,997   Agency: NSF Title: Computer-based Support for Scientific Data Analysis Period: 3 years, 9/92-8/95 (Ongoing) Amount: $250,000   Agency: NSF Title: Upper Elementary Science Teaching: Integrating the Knowledge Bases Period: 2.5 years, 6/91-12/94 (Ongoing) Amount: $929,375   Agency: NSF Title: Enhancing the Teaching of Science Projects Period: 3 years, 9/91-8/94 (Ongoing) Amount: $895,348   Agency: NSF Title: Computer-based Support for Learning Softward Design Period: 3 years, 9/90-8/93 (Ongoing) Amount: $808,657   Selected Publications (related to proposed project) Marx, R., Blumenfeld, P., Krajcik, J., Soloway, E. (1994) The Growth of Wisdom, Elementary School Journal, University of Chicago Press, in press. Krajcik,J., Blumenfeld,P., Marx,R., Soloway, E. (1994) Supporting Innovation: A Collaborative Model for Helping Teachers Learn Project-Based Instruction, Elementary School Journal, University of Chicago Press, in press. Guzdial, M., Hay, K., Soloway, E. (in press) Multimedia in the Classroom: The MediaText Project's Book, Hampton Press, NY. Blumenfeld, P., Soloway, E., Marx, R., Krajcik, J., Guzdial, M., Palincsar, A. (1991) Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the doing, supporting the learning, Educational Psychologist, Vol. 26, No. 3-4. Soloway, E. (1991) Log On Education, Quarterly Column, Communications of the ACM Quick,Where Do the Computers Go? Feb, 1991. How the Nintendo Generation Learns, Sept, 1991. Buying Computers for Your School: Guide for the Perplexed I, Sept., 1992. Reading and Writing in the 21st Century, May, 1993. Should We Teach Programming? October, 1993. Ways of Seeing, Feb. 1994.   Significant Publications Sack, W., Soloway, E., Weingrad, P. (1992) Re-writing Cartesian Student Models, Artificial Intelligence and Education Journal, Vol 3, No 4, 381-400. Littman, D., Pinto, J., Soloway, E. (1991) The Knowledge Required for Tutorial Planning: An Empirical Analysis, Interactive Learning Environments, Vol. 1, 2. Soloway, E., Guzdial, M., Hohmann, L., Kafai, Y. (1990) The Future of CAD: Technological Support For Kids Building Artifacts.