Joseph D. Novak
Cornell University

Professor of Biological Science and Science Education recently retired from Cornell University, Joseph Novak is one of the seminal investigators in the research in children's ideas in science. He is the author of Learning How to Learn and a developer of the concept mapping formalism. His latest book, Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge, was published in 1998. Teaching Science for Understanding, co-authored with Mintzes and Wandersee, was also published in 1998.

Further Readings By Joseph D. Novak

Mintzes, J. L., Wandersee, J. H., and Novak, J. D. 1998. Teaching science for understanding: A human constructivist view. New York: Academic Press.

Novak, J. D. 1991. "Clarify with concept maps." Science Teacher. 58(7): 44-49.

Novak, J. D., and Gowin, D.B. 1985. Learning how to learn. New York: Cambridge University Press.

CMap (Macintosh) - a concept mapping software program

Novak, J. 1998. "Metacognitive Strategies To Help Students Learning How To Learn." Research Matters - to the Science Teacher. National Association for Research in Science Teaching. No.9802.