Students' construction of scientific explanations in a collaborative hyper-media learning environment
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This exploratory study examined how elementary school students make use of a collaborative hypermedia learning environment in constructing scientific explanations. The target environment was a computer-networked database system in which students externalize their thoughts in the form of texts or graphics, then elaborate their thoughts by structuring with links or by commenting. Thirty students in a 5thand 6thgrade combined classroom participated in this study as part of their regular curriculum. The students studied "how heat affects matters."
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تاریخ انتشار 1997