Exploring the mathematics of motion through construction and collaboration Export

@article{citeulike:490065, abstract = {In this paper we give a detailed account of the design principles and construction of activities underlying a model-based approach to learning about the relationships between position, velocity and acceleration, and corresponding kinematics graphs. In these activities, students controlled the movement of objects in a programming environment, recording the motion data and plotting corresponding position-time and velocity-time graphs. They shared their findings on a specially-designed web-based collaboration system, and posted cross-site challenges to which others could react. We present learning episodes that provide evidence of students making discoveries about the relationships between different representations of motion. We conjecture that these discoveries arose from their activity in building models of motion and their participation in classroom and online community.}, author = {Simpson, Gordon and Hoyles, Celia and Noss, Richard}, citeulike-article-id = {490065}, journal = {Journal of Computer Assisted Learning}, keywords = {communication, computer, constructionism, game, ijtme2006, learning, lunarlander, mathematics, mathgamespatterns, modelling, programming, science, weblabs}, posted-at = {2006-02-03 02:13:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Exploring the mathematics of motion through construction and collaboration}, year = {in press} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:490065 L3 - citeulike-article-id:490065 N2 - In this paper we give a detailed account of the design principles and construction of activities underlying a model-based approach to learning about the relationships between position, velocity and acceleration, and corresponding kinematics graphs. In these activities, students controlled the movement of objects in a programming environment, recording the motion data and plotting corresponding position-time and velocity-time graphs. They shared their findings on a specially-designed web-based collaboration system, and posted cross-site challenges to which others could react. We present learning episodes that provide evidence of students making discoveries about the relationships between different representations of motion. We conjecture that these discoveries arose from their activity in building models of motion and their participation in classroom and online community. JF - Journal of Computer Assisted Learning TI - Exploring the mathematics of motion through construction and collaboration KW - communication KW - computer KW - constructionism KW - game KW - ijtme2006 KW - learning KW - lunarlander KW - mathematics KW - mathgamespatterns KW - modelling KW - programming KW - science KW - weblabs AU - Simpson, Gordon AU - Hoyles, Celia AU - Noss, Richard PY - in press/// ER -