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A spiral model of collaborative knowledge improvement to support collaborative argumentation for science learning: Technological and pedagogical design
Citation
Chen, W., Zhang, S., Wen, Y., Looi, C.-K., & Yeo, J. (2019). A spiral model of collaborative knowledge improvement to support collaborative argumentation for science learning: Technological and pedagogical design. In K. Lund, G. Niccolai, E. Lavoue, C. Hmelo-Silver, G. Gweon, & M. Baker (Eds.), A wide lens: Combining embodied, enactive, extended, and embedded learning in collaborative settings. 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2019 (Vol. 1, pp. 240-247). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Abstract
Innovations in teaching and learning are not merely about merely the design of technologies but the integration of technologies and pedagogical practices in supporting meaningful learning. This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a web-based system to support secondary school students’ collaborative argumentation (CA) in science learning in Singapore. A pedagogical model named the Spiral Model of Collaborative Knowledge Improvement (SMCKI) is proposed in this study to inform the system and learning activity design. Starting with a stage of individual brainstorming, the pedagogical model scaffolds students to go through five stages of intra-group and inter-group knowledge improvement and refinement, to support the advancement of their collective and individual knowledge. The results showed that the students significantly improved on their scientific content knowledge through the staged collaboration argumentation activities in the web based learning environment.
Date Issued
2019
ISBN
9781732467231 (Volume 1, PDF Version)
Description
This paper was presented at the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2019 held in Lyon, France from 17 - 21 June 2019
Project
OER 07/17 CWL
Grant ID
Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP)
Funding Agency
Ministry of Education, Singapore