This book is much more education driven than expected. I thought it was more likely to be at modelling/HCI end, I I think I need to work on an ABI blurb with this in mind. Lots of contributors were dropped which may be why it came out with this emphasis.

Examines the activity of modeling from disparate theoretical standpoints. This title seeks to bridge the modeling of communication and the modeling of particular scientific domains. It illustrates the diversity and vivacity of research on a relatively neglected, aspect of education across disciplines: learning to model.

"It is thus refreshing to see an edited collection that deals explicitly with cognitive science and education. This collection, which stems from a conference held in Corsica in 1999, consists of a mix of chapters that apply cognitive science approaches to the understanding of learning in a variety of scientific domains and chapters that present and assess different computer-assisted learning environments."—American Journal of Psychology