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Technology-supported environments for learning through cognitive conflict

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dc.creator Anne McDougall
dc.date 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:15:14Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:15:14Z
dc.identifier 10.3402/rlt.v10i3.11414
dc.identifier 2156-7069
dc.identifier 2156-7077
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/cc98d9654cab4f4d821068696c7c5ef7
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17484
dc.description This paper examines ways in which the idea of cognitive conflict is used to facilitate learning, looking at the design and use of learning environments for this purpose. Drawing on previous work in science education and educational computing, three approaches to the design of learning environments utilizing cognitive conflict are introduced. These approaches are described as confrontational, guiding and explanatory, based on the level of the designer's concern with learners' pre-existing understanding, the extent of modification to the learner's conceptual structures intended by the designer, and the directness of steering the learner to the desired understanding. The examples used to illustrate the three approaches are taken from science education, specifically software for learning about Newtonian physics; it is contended however that the argument of the paper applies more broadly, to learning environments for many curriculum areas for school levels and in higher education.
dc.language English
dc.relation http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/11414
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source Research in Learning Technology, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2002)
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 Technology-supported environments for learning through cognitive conflict
dc.type article


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