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Socio-Cultural Aspects of Prompting Student Reflection in Web-Based Inquiry Learning Environments
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Furberg, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
This paper reports on a qualitative study of students' engagement with a Web-based inquiry environment aimed at prompting student reflection in processes of scientific inquiry. In order to demonstrate how prompts become structuring resources for students' scientific inquiry, detailed analyses of students' interaction processes are conducted. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Prompting, Internet, Reflection
Using Conferencing To Support a Culture of Collaborative Study.
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Rimmershaw, Rachel – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1999
Discusses the value of collaborative study and describes five undergraduate courses that supported collaborative study practices, four of which used a computer-based conferencing system and one that was paper-based. Highlights include student responses, assessment practices, and tutors' participation style. (LRW)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Reaction
Computer Support for Peer-based Methodology Tutorials.
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Anderson, A.; Cheyne, W.; Foot, H.; Howe, C.; Low, J.; Tolmie, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2000
Reports on a study of undergraduates at the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) that was designed to explore computer support for peer-based learning in methodology tutorials. Describes software that was developed to organize group discussion and discusses student ratings of their reactions to the software and to the tutorial sessions. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion