A Study of Building a Resource-Based Learning Environment with the Inquiry Learning Approach: Knowledge of Family Trees

Autor/inn/en	Kong, Siu Cheung; So, Wing Mui Winnie
Titel	A Study of Building a Resource-Based Learning Environment with the Inquiry Learning Approach: Knowledge of Family Trees
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 50 (2008) 1, S.37-60 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2006.03.006
Schlagwörter	Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Inquiry; Family (Sociological Unit); Genealogy; Courseware; Computer Assisted Design; Student Developed Materials; Program Descriptions; Teaching Methods; Vocabulary; Educational Technology; Educational Resources + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familie; Ahnenforschung; Genealogie; Lernsoftware; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wortschatz; Unterrichtsmedien; Bildungsmittel
Abstract	This study aims to provide teachers with ways and means to facilitate learners to develop nomenclature knowledge of family trees through the establishment of resource-based learning environments (RBLEs). It discusses the design of an RBLE in the classroom by selecting an appropriate context with the assistance of computer-mediated learning resources and tools and employing the inquiry learning approach as the pedagogy. This study reports on the creation of the RBLE within the learning context of family trees. The computer-mediated learning resources and tools comprise three components: an audio-visual database for guided and coupled inquiry, an interactive interface for conceptualising the nomenclature and a tool for learners to construct their own family trees. Scaffolds were designed for an inquiry mode of learning and teaching to support the use of the resources and tools in learning about family trees. The learning and teaching process, including the outcomes for learners, through the RBLE with inquiry learning approach are studied. The findings of an interview and a pre-test/post-test study indicate that the RBLE can assist learners to build knowledge of family trees. The role of teachers in such an environment is to guide and encourage learners to inquire during the learning process. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10