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Anjou, Claire; Forissier, Thomas; Bourdeau, Jacqueline; Mazabraud, Yves; Nkambou, Roger, & Fournier, Frederic (2017). Elaborating the Context Calculator: A Design Experiment in Geothermy. In Brézillon, Patrick; Turner, Roy, & Penco, Carlo (Ed.), Modeling and Using Context : Proceedings of the 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2017 (p. 513-526). Cham : Springer, coll. « Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol 10257 ». ISBN 978-3-319-57836-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57837-8_42
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| Item Type: | Papers in Conference Proceedings |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Status: | Published |
| Abstract: | Abstract. This paper presents a research project in science education that is positioned at the intersection of computer science and context in learning. The main objective is to improve learning process by creating a software tool that participates, from the inception to the achievement, in the design of leaning scenarios, based on context effects, and, to show that context effects’ learning is an efficient method in the development of student’s knowledge regarding a concept. The software will compute differences between two – or more – external contexts based on specific parameters, related to the phenomenon or object that students are expected to study. The elaboration of the calculator (“the MazCalc”) is conducted using the design based research theory, meaning that several iterations of learning field experiments are conducted in order to collect relevant data which are used for the tool creation. In this paper, the design of the scenario involves students from North America and from the French West Indies and the concept studied is about geothermal energy. The instantiation of the context calculator is made with the geothermal object of study, and the differences are computed in the calculator between the two contexts mentioned. This example makes possible to validate the link between context effects predicted and observed, and also to study the impact of external context on the learning process. This study has been conducted thanks to the GEOTREF project support. Keywords : Modelling, Context, Science Education, Learning, Context Effects, Geothermy |
| Official URL: | http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319578361 |
| Depositor: | Lalonde, Mylène |
| Owner / Manager: | Jacqueline Bourdeau |
| Deposited: | 16 Jan 2018 15:03 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 15:03 |
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