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Scripting the Collaboration for Exploiting the Learning Affordances of a Modeling Environment

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This paper describes two studies that explored how specific instructional measures enabled students to take advantage of the diagrammatic representations of a learning environment for conducting effective collaborative modeling. The two studies employed different instructional measures to support collaborative learning and employed two different research designs. One study was a case study with video analysis while the other compared achievement scores of two groups. Results from both studies complete each other and show the combined and integrated need for structuring the collaboration as well as for providing concrete visual anchors for collaboration. The studies show that the affordances of the learning environment get exploited by appropriate scripting.

Source: UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)

Authors: Or-Bach, R., Bredeweg, B.; id_orcid 0000-0002-5281-2786

Institutions: The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, University of Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission

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