Creating interactive User Feedback in DGS using Scripting Interfaces

dc.creator	Andreas Fest
dc.date	2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:10:35Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:10:35Z
dc.identifier	2065-1430
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e449b5ba117344219df410e4ea0c0790
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13749
dc.description	Feedback is an important component of interactive learning software. A conclusion from cognitive learning theory is that good software must give the learner more information about what he did. Following the ideas of constructivist learning theory the user should be in control of both the time and the level of feedback he receives. At the same time the feedback system must identify and review different possible solution strategies in an open learning environment. The interactive geometry software Cinderella offers an easy-to-use programming interface. It can be used to implement application specific feedback by the author of learning units. In this paper we present two exemplary learning units implementing two kinds of interactive feedback: feedback on demand and immediate feedback. The presented units come from discrete mathematics and from the theory of line reflections and congruencies in geometry. The units are implemented in a process-oriented design. Various directly given or hidden hints help the students to understand the mathematical principles behind the given problems. Our tools analyses the student’s solution processes automatically and generates additional feedback on demand. The second learning environment can also be used in conjunction with recording of user actions. This allows additional feedback given later by the teacher whenever the automatic feedback system fails in analyzing the users' learning processes. First experiences using the units in teaching are presented.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
dc.relation	http://adn.teaching.ro/v3n2a8.htm
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2065-1430
dc.source	Acta Didactica Napocensia, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 79-88 (2010)
dc.subject	Dynamic Geometry
dc.subject	Scripting
dc.subject	Individual Feedback
dc.subject	Graph Algorithms
dc.subject	Congruencies
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Creating interactive User Feedback in DGS using Scripting Interfaces
dc.type	article