Theme 2: Innovations Aimed at Higher Learning Outcomes
Science and Mathematics
Anchored
instruction + Knowledge Forum @ mathematics classroom
Seng Chee Tan, National Institute of Education, Singapore
PRESENTER: Ching Sing Chai, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Seng Chee Tan, National Institute of Education, Singapore
PRESENTER: Ching Sing Chai, National Institute of Education, Singapore
This study is premised on anchored instruction principles as well as on constructivist learning via social interaction, collaboration and dialogue among. The participants were 45 grade 6 pupils who accessed a web-stream video “Planning a Class Outing” and planned the budget for the outing. The video was produced based on Anchored Instruction principles. The pupils used Knowledge Forum® for problem solving. One group of pupils was provided with scaffold (cognitive prompts) to assist them in the problem solving but the other group of pupils conducted the discussion without scaffolding. The results show that the pupils’ attitude towards mathematics was generally favourable and pupils who solved the problem in scaffolded communication environment tend to perform better than those using un-scaffolded environment.
Poster' Slides