The Computer as a Tool for Learning through Reflection.
Abstract
With a computational medium it becomes possible, and often easy, to capture directly the processes by which a novice or an expert carries out a complex task. Properly abstracted and structured, this process trace or audit trail can become a useful object of study for students who are trying to learn how to improve their performance on a task. By comparing the details and structure of their own performance with that of more expert performers, they can discover elements that need improving. In a sense, the experts audit trail provides an accessible example of the situated use of general reasoning strategies. Likewise, an audit trail of their own performance provides an object of study from which students can hone important self-monitoring and other metacognitive strategies. Keywords: Education; Teaching; Metacognition; Thinking.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA178408
Entities
People
- Allan Collins
- John S. Brown
Organizations
- BBN Technologies