Authors: Donald Neil Philip & Danielle Truswell
In this paper we introduce a number of possible assessment measures for knowledge building, and illustrate these using data collected from a third-year university science education pre-professional course. Continue reading »
Author: Huang-Yao Hong
This paper examined the notion of community knowledge and its relationships with idea improvement, and proposed a way of using key terms to access and assess ideas for sustained knowledge building. Continue reading »
Authors: Ivan C.K. Lam & Carol K.K. Chan
This study examined the design and process of how students’ reflective assessment promoted collaborative metacognition for conceptual and epistemic changes, mediated by Knowledge Forum. Continue reading »
Authors: Jun Oshima, Ritsuko Oshima, Yoshiaki Matsuzawa, Jan van Aalst, & Carol Chan
In the classroom, the knowledge building is represented as emergent collaborative learning on ill-structured tasks. It is difficult to capture group dynamics of knowledge advancement by using our currently available methodological approaches. Continue reading »
Author: Thomas Sporer
This proposal presents a study that inquires into student communities of practice and the informal learning experiences they facilitate in the context of higher education. First we illustrate what is meant by these informal groups of students that engage in extra-curricular project activities at their universities. Continue reading »