Abstract
A web-based cognitive tool was previously built for learners to help them comprehend the procedural knowledge of fraction addition and subtraction with unlike denominators. A series of experiments was conducted to validate the effectiveness of the web-based cognitive tool in assisting learners to understand the concept of fractions. In this study, we attempt to extend this rich web-based cognitive tool to a collaborative environment that allows learners to interact with each other and co-construct a procedural knowledge of fraction addition with unlike denominators by using the cognitive tool on a mobile platform. We introduce the web-based cognitive tool, describe its features on the mobile platform, illustrate how it can support collaborative interaction in a designed learning activity, and describe a scenario of using the mobile computer-supported cognitive tool to attain new procedural knowledge of fraction addition. Copyright © 2006 HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 238-254 |
| Journal | International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3/4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Citation
Lam, S.-Y., Kong, S.-C., & Kwok, L.-F. (2006). Extending a rich web-based cognitive tool to a mobile computer-supported collaborative learning environment. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 16(3/4), 238-254.Keywords
- Computer-supported collaborative learning
- CSCL
- Mobile learning
- m-learning
- Fraction learning
- Collaborative interactions
- Web-based cognitive tools
- Rich internet applications
- Fraction addition
- Fraction subtraction
- e-learning
- Online learning
- Mobile communications