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ERIC Number: EJ663109
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1436-4522
Two Kinds of Scaffolding: The Dialectical Process within the Authenticity-Generalizability (A-G) Continuum.
Der-Thanq, Chen; David, Hung W. L.
Educational Technology & Society, v5 n4 p148-53 Oct 2002
Discusses problems relating to situated cognition and cognitivist approaches to learning and instruction. Contends that authenticity and generalizability are compatible; introduces the notion of the authenticity-Generalizability (A-G) continuum, where the emphasis should be scaffolding within the continuum; and proposes two kinds of information technology scaffolds. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Generalization, Information Technology, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Available electronically: http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/issues.html.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Authenticity; Situated Learning
Note: Issue theme: Innovations in Learning Technology.