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Hello all!
David Anderson, who isn't on the list, asked me to post this further
explanation of a project of his which I referred to recently.
Lisa Hubbell
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Thanks Lisa.
The study to which you are referring is the Metacognition and Reflective
Inquiry (MRI) Collaborative study that is being undertaken here in Canada,
but also with partners in the US, Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong. The
study is investigating students' awareness and control of learning in and
emergent from experiences in informal contexts.
Yes, the 72-Item questionnaire does provide some predictive power about
students' metacognitive profiles and key clues about how they subsequently
construct knowledge in an informal setting (and beyond). Perhaps the more
exciting aspects of the on-going study lay in our emerging findings about
other dimensions of Metacognition (one's own awarness and executive control
of learning). We are finding that there are dimensions of Meta-social
awareness in the groups of students in our study, and that this meta-social
awareness is a critical factor in how learning in groups manefests.
Meta-social awareness has to do with how students are personally aware of
their own learning strategies they use, but more importantly, how they are
aware of other group members' learning strateges. We are finding that
student fall into various cognitive roles in groups, and that these
self-selected cognitive roles are at time deliberately chosen for varous
reasons. At times the cognitive roles they adopt are highly rationalized
but can problematic to the groups learning. Also, we are finding as we make
students aware of their self-selecting cognitive roles, and are recognising
the limitations of these roles and changing to more effective roles which
are empowering the groups to become more efficent and effective knowledge
producing teams. Lots more in stall, and we continue to unpack the rick
data sets.
The key implication lay how to formulate highly effective groups that are
empowered for learning - in both informal and formal settings.
Kind Regards
DAVID
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Dr David Anderson
Department of Curriculum Studies
University of British Columbia
2125 Main Mall
Vancouver BC, V6T1Z4
CANADA
P 604 822 2086
F 604 822 4714
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Hubbell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Cc: "andersdm" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: exhibit guides
>A discussion on customization, during AAM, focused on these kinds of
> devices. Many were interested in using them to facilitate learning
> experiences for social groups that visit together, rather than to deliver
> additional content to individuals.
>
> David Anderson shared his current work on metacognition. As I understood
> it,
> he has found that a 72-item questionnaire that identifies metacognitive
> styles can predict which learning roles children will take on in a group.
> Also that having children with differing styles work together makes for
> more
> learning than if they work with those who have similar styles. (David, do
> you want to correct me on this?)
> <http://www.cust.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/AndersonD.html>
>
> Here's a reference I found today: Elayna Singer's concise overview of
> principles for socially-mediated learning experiences for visitors, which
> summarizes work by Paulette McManus, Judy Diamond, Lev Vygotsky, Minda
> Borun, and Deborah Perry:
> <http://www.aabga.org/public_html/reachOut/pdf/r0012.pdf>
>
> Lisa Hubbell
> Program Evaluator
> California Academy of Sciences
> 875 Howard Street
> San Francisco, CA 94103
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>
>
>> Rebecca A. Thorne - Ferrel wrote:
>>
>>> Good Morning!
>>> Somewhat related to Nicole's question....I am considering doing a
>>> small research project on whether
>>> handheld devices could be used in the gallery for self-directed
>>> exhibit guides for school field trip groups.
>>> This might be incorporated into a larger research problem that would
>>> include pre-visit, museum exhibit-based, and post-visit activities
>>> that would be provided online.
>>> If you are offering self-directed guides that are housed on a
>>> handheld device I would appreciate knowing any information
>>> you might be able to provide.
>>>
>>> Thank you...
>>>
>>> Rebecca A. Thorne - Ferrel
>>> Idaho Museum of Natural History
>
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