Examining the Design of Media-Rich Cognitive Tools as Scaffolds in a Multimedia Problem-Based Learning Environment

Autor: Timothy T. Yuen, Lucas Horton, Paul Toprac, Min Liu
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Educational Media and Technology Yearbook ISBN: 9781461413042
Popis: This chapter examines the various cognitive tools embedded in a multimedia-enriched PBL environment for middle school science known as Alien Rescue and shares the research findings of the use of these cognitive tools in assisting young learners’ problem solving. The goal of this chapter is to illustrate strategies for designing media-rich cognitive tools to support learning.
Databáze: OpenAIRE