Constructing Knowledge through a Role-Play in a Web-Based Learning Environment

Autor/inn/en	Arvaja, Maarit; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena; Hakkinen, Paivi; Etelapelto, Anneli
Titel	Constructing Knowledge through a Role-Play in a Web-Based Learning Environment
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Computing Research, 28 (2003) 4, S.319-341 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0735-6331
Schlagwörter	Computer Simulation; Secondary School Students; Foreign Policy; Historical Interpretation; History Instruction; Sharing Behavior; Educational Environment; Discourse Communities; Role Playing; Problem Based Learning; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Case Method (Teaching Technique); Computer Mediated Communication; Research Design; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Sekundarschüler; Außenpolitik; Historische Interpretation; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Rollenspiel; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Case method; Fallmethode; Computerkonferenz; Forschungsdesign; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	This study aimed to find out how and on what level the students of two separate secondary schools shared and constructed knowledge on imperialism by interacting through historical role characters in a Web-based environment. Furthermore, the study aimed to find out how social and contextual features affected the nature of knowledge sharing and construction. The data about the history project were gathered by various means in order to validate the findings of the case study. The results demonstrated that the level of the Web-based messages remained quite low. Also the use of the Web-based environment in terms of shared knowledge construction was rather weak. In comparison, different instructional activities of the two teachers resulted in different learning activities in the two schools and, thus, different level of interaction in the Web-based environment. The findings of this research are discussed in terms of important factors influencing the knowledge sharing and constructing activities. Forms of Co-Operation in Dyadic Problem Solving is appended. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10