ERIC Number: EJ982555
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
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The Process, Dialogues, and Attitudes of Vocational Engineering High School Students in a Web Problem-Based Learning (WPBL) System
Tseng, Kuo-Hung; Chang, Chi-Cheng; Lou, Shi-Jer
Interactive Learning Environments, v20 n6 p547-562 2012
This study aims to explore how high school students collaboratively solve problems in a web problem-based learning (WPBL) system in an 8-week digital logic course using discourse analysis. Employing in-depth interviews, this study also investigated the students' attitudes toward the WPBL system. The number of teaching assistants' responses had a negative relationship with the number of peer responses. Regarding dialogue quality, extended questions and brainstorming stimulated each other. Elaboration facilitated problem solving, whereas organizing knowledge from books or websites decreased reflection. Students affirmed the usefulness and effectiveness of the web system because it created an interactive, flexible, comfortable and collaborative learning environment. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Internet, Web Sites, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Discourse Analysis, Interviews, Statistical Analysis, Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes, High School Students, Vocational Education, Engineering Education, Problem Solving, Questioning Techniques, Brainstorming, Vocational High Schools, Teacher Aides
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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