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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Legitimate Peripheral Participation in Communities of Practice: Participation Support Structures for Newcomers in Faculty Student Councils
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Eberle, Julia; Stegmann, Karsten; Fischer, Frank – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
Participating in communities of practice (CoPs) is an important way of learning. For newcomers in such communities, the learning process can be described as legitimate peripheral participation (LPP). Although a body of knowledge on LPP has been accumulated from qualitative case studies, mostly focusing on the use of practices, the concrete…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Participation, Novices, Social Support Groups
Getting Immersed in Teacher and Student Perspectives? Facilitating Analytical Competence Using Video Cases in Teacher Education
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Goeze, Annika; Zottmann, Jan M.; Vogel, Freydis; Fischer, Frank; Schrader, Josef – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
The ability to analyze and understand classroom situations through the eyes of not only teachers but also students can be seen as a crucial aspect of teachers' professional competence. Even though video case-based learning is considered to have great potential for the promotion of analytical competence of teachers (i.e., becoming immersed in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Competencies, Video Technology, Case Studies
Collaborative Argumentation and Cognitive Elaboration in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment
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Stegmann, Karsten; Wecker, Christof; Weinberger, Armin; Fischer, Frank – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
This study explores the relation between argumentation in online discussions, cognitive elaboration, and individual knowledge acquisition. In a one-factorial experimental design with 48 participants we investigated the effect of an argumentative computer-supported collaboration script (with vs. without) on the formal quality of argumentation,…
Descriptors: Research Design, Persuasive Discourse, Cooperation, Educational Environment
Knowledge Convergence in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: The Role of External Representation Tools
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Fischer, Frank; Mandl, Heinz – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2005
This study investigates how 2 types of graphical representation tools influence the way in which learners use knowledge resources in 2 different collaboration conditions. In addition, the study explores the extent to which learners share knowledge with respect to individual outcomes under these different conditions. The study also analyzes the…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Social Capital, Outcomes of Education, Computer Mediated Communication
Knowledge Convergence in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: The Role of External Representation Tools
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Fischer, Frank; Mandl, Heinz – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2005
This study investigates how 2 types of graphical representation tools influence the way in which learners use knowledge resources in 2 different collaboration conditions. In addition, the study explores the extent to which learners share knowledge with respect to individual outcomes under these different conditions. The study also analyzes the…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Social Capital