Support for and Analysis of Learning by Coordinating Problem Posing and Problem Solving

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25560110
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Miwa Kazuhisa 名古屋大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (90219832)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TODAYAMA Kazuhisa 名古屋大学, 大学院情報科学研究科, 教授 (90217513)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 学習支援 / 作問 / 問題解決 / 自然演繹 / 覆面算

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a learning environment to support participants’ problem posing in a formal logic system, natural deduction, by combining problem-posing and problem-solving activities. In the problem posing-phase, the participants posed original problems and presented them on a shared problem database called “Forum,” which was accessible to other group members. During the problem-solving phase, the participants solved the problems presented on Forum. This first round of problem posing and solving was followed by a second round of problem posing. We performed two practices: one for undergraduates in a liberal arts college and the other for graduates in a graduate school of information science. The results showed that the participants successfully posed more advanced problems in the second round of problem posing as compared to the first. The empirical data gathered from the two practices indicated a significant relationship between problem-solving and problem-posing abilities.

Free Research Field

認知科学，人工知能，教育工学