Material Mediation: Tools and Representations Supporting Collaborative Problem-Solving Discourse

Autor/inn/en	Katic, Elvira K.; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Weber, Keith H.
Titel	Material Mediation: Tools and Representations Supporting Collaborative Problem-Solving Discourse
Quelle	In: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 21 (2009) 1, S.13-24 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1812-9129
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Problem Solving; Learning Processes; Cooperative Learning; Higher Education; Teacher Education; Teacher Education Programs; Grade 6; Colleges; Graduate Study; Mediation Theory; Stimuli; Mathematics Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemlösen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Kooperatives Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Mediationsverfahren; Anreizsystem
Abstract	This study investigates how a variety of resources mediated collaborative problem solving for a group of preservice teachers. The participants in this study completed mathematical, combinatorial tasks and then watched a video of a sixth grader as he exhibited sophisticated reasoning to recognize the isomorphic structure of these problems. The preservice teachers used a variety of material tools to solve the same problem, construct explanations of the learning processes that the sixth grader engaged in, and pose further questions about the problem to clarify their solutions. The results of this study suggest that simple material tools helped to motivate and mediate the participants' collaborative problem-solving discourse. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Web site: http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10