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fieldwork towards dissertation. This research was carried out in two rural villages
in the Cauca region of Colombia; it compares and contrasts the way children learn
in the context of domestic chores and at school.

1976 - 1977

Centre des Recherches de Médecine Aeronautique
Paris, France

Research Fellow

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Designed and conducted an ethnological study of aggressive behavior in Rhesus
monkeys.

1976

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Research Assistant

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Research assistant for Dr. Carol Feldman. Administered Piagetian cognitive tests
to schoolchildren in Hawaii and assisted in data analysis.

Papers & Publications

With A. Carrasco. 2001 “La tecnología al Servicio de la Informatica Educativa.”
(Information Technology at the Service of Educational Reform)
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~laserna/

With A. Carrasco. 2000 “Enseñando para la comprensión con tecnología
informática-estudios de caso.”(Teaching for Understanding with Information
technology-case studies) http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~laserna/

With K. Bielaczyc and H.Hua. 2000 “Diagnostic Evaluation of the District of
Bogota’s Technology Program (PIE)”HIID report submitted to the District of
Bogotá, Colombia. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~laserna/

Laserna, C. 1999 “Cybercyan Emerging Performance Style” presented at the Fourth
Congress of the Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory (in preparation
for publication) http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~laserna/

With M. Goldman. 1998 “Building School-Community Relationships,” Journal in
Computing and Higher Education, Spring Vol. 9 (2), 44-70.

With L. Pattison-Gordon. 1997 “Designing Spectacle Island: A Case of Multi-media
and Networking in Community Action,” SIGCUE OUTLOOK Vol. 25 (3).

With B. Barowy. 1997 “The Role of the Internet in the Appropriation of Computer
Modeling as Legitimate High School Science.”Journal of Science Education and
Technology, Vol. 6, No.1

Laserna, C. 1996 “Can you make a prediction? The role of video-conferencing in
spreading local innovations” Paper presented at NECC, Minneapolis

Laserna, C. 1996 “Designing a New Spectacle Island in the Boston Harbor,”