1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Electronic media use for enhancing understanding : Effects of externalizing and reflecting upon collaborative knowledge.
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07680416
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent informatics
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| Research Institution | Chukyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAKE Naomi School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University, Professor, 情報科学部, 教授 (00174144)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TSUCHIYA Takafumi School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University, Lecturer, 情報科学部, 助手 (10227431)
OGASAWARA Hidemi School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University, Lecturer, 情報科学部, 助手 (60204054)
TAKAHASHI Kazuhiro School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University, Assistant Professo, 情報科学部, 講師 (00236267)
SIRAI Hidetoshi School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University, Associate Professo, 情報科学部, 助教授 (10134462)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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| Keywords | Educational use of electronic media / Conceptual understanding / Class-related newsgroups |
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| Research Abstract |
This research investigated conditions for making effective use of electronic media as support for college students' development of conceptual understanding. In experiment-like settings of mock newsgroups, the numbers of participants (many-c.60-vs.afew-c.6-), the duration of discussion (6weeks vs.6days), and discussion topics' selection methods (random, or spontaneous selecition vs.structured preparation of topics) were compared. It was found that the success of the networked activities was correlated with some emergent, resource rich interactions, which were found more often in groups of smaller number of participants with spontaneous topic selection. The success was strongly guided by the amount of shared topic-related knowledge, which was often explicated by the more capable members among the participants. To lead classroom-related activities successful, further research is needed to find ways to solicit this collaborative knowledge sharing from internal and external data sources such as the Internet.
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