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Professor Andy diSessa visits The LIFE Center

Posted on Monday, Apr. 13th 2009 |



On March 6, 2009, Professor Andy diSessa (Professor, Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley) visited The LIFE Center at the University of Washington as part of the annual LIFE Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Invited Speaker Series.

Professor diSessa balances a pencil to illustrate a physics concept during his presentation.

Professor diSessa balances a pencil to illustrate a physics concept during his presentation.

Prof. diSessa spent the day visiting with LIFE research groups on the UW campus. He also met with graduate students and postdocs from the UW, Stanford, and SRI International (via videoconference), and gave a presentation about his research on the construction of causal schemes.

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Professor diSessa gives a public presentation at the UW College of Education in Seattle. Professor diSessa meets with LIFE Center graduate students both in person and via video conference.

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Posted on Monday, Apr. 13th 2009 |

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