Research on understanding the thinking process and developing a learning support system in modified problem-posing

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K13644
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09070:Educational technology-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokushima
• Principal Investigator: FUKUI Masanori 徳島大学, 高等教育研究センター, 准教授 (10599765)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 学習工学 / 創造性教育 / Computational Thinking

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we conducted an experiment on modified problem-posing for university students and attempted to clarify the differences in the thinking processes of students who can change problems more frequently and those who cannot. The results showed that students who could transform problems more often performed significantly better at finding hidden parameters and combining parameters. Based on these findings, we have developed a text-based interactive modified problem-posing learning support system and verified the effectiveness of the system. The results show that even students who are not very good at modified problem-posing can perform many problem modifications with the system's assistance. These results show that the objectives of the study were generally achieved, and the findings will be useful for future research.

Free Research Field

教育工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は，これからの時代を生きていく若者に必要となるアイデアを生み出す力や創造性を高めるために実施している研究である．それらの力を育成する手法は多く開発されているが，多くの学生が根拠を持ってアイデアを生み出す力を育成できるか定かではない．その問題を解決するために，申請者は「問題変形作問」を提案し，その手法を用いた実践例を提示，簡易的な評価方法および学習支援システムの開発を行った．それらは，学校教育に実装可能なモデルとして提案しており，問題構造理解力を高め，従来の教科教育における力をより高めることを目指す方法でもある．本研究の提案手法は新規性，独創性が高く，社会的インパクトも大きいと考えられる．