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Title: | Learner's conceptions of 'common place' computing activities: a case in word processing | Contributor(s): | Chandler, Paul (author); Gesthuizen, Roland (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7635 | Abstract: | Over the last 25 years or so, there has been a major shift in science education attributable to science educators taking constructivist ideas seriously. This paper argues that whilst computers have been increasingly used in classrooms over this same period, and there have been some efforts to portray learner's understandings of computing concepts, remarkably little attention has been paid to how people learn information technology from the point of view cognitive development. A variant of the Predict-Observe-Explain protocol was used to probe understanding of a word processing task, and student responses were analysed using a knowledge framework. The results raise some challenges in terms of the content and pedagogy of ICT classes, and more carefully scaffolded probes to elicit learner understanding. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | ACEC 2010: 21st Australian Computers in Education Conference: Digital Diversity, Melbourne, Australia, 6th - 9th April, 2010 | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the 21st Australian Computers in Education Conference: Digital Diversity | Publisher: | Australian Computers in Education (ACEC) | Place of Publication: | Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130306 Educational Technology and Computing | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930201 Pedagogy | HERDC Category Description: | E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38825914 http://acec2010.info/ http://acec2010.info/proposal/1088/learners-conceptions-computing-some-thoughts-refocussing-ict-pedagogy |
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