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Title: Can an Orchestration System Increase Collaborative, Productive Struggle in Teaching-by-Eliciting Classrooms?
Language: English
Authors: VanLehn, Kurt, Burkhardt, Hugh, Cheema, Salman, Kang, Seokmin, Pead, Daniel, Schoenfeld, Alan, Wetzel, Jon
Source: Interactive Learning Environments. 2021 29(6):987-1005.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2021
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contract Number: 1840051
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Cooperative Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Problem Solving, Group Activities, Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (Nottingham), California
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2019.1616567
ISSN: 1049-4820
Abstract: Mathematics is often taught by explaining an idea, then giving students practice in applying it. Tutoring systems can increase the effectiveness of this method by monitoring the students' practice and giving feedback. However, math can also be taught by having students work collaboratively on problems that lead them to discover the idea. Here, teachers spend the bulk of their time orchestrating collaborations and supporting students in building productively on each other's contributions. Our research question is: Can tutoring technology somehow make teaching-by-eliciting more effective? Using tutoring technology, we developed an intelligent orchestration system named FACT. While students solve problems in small groups, it makes recommendations to the teacher about which groups to visit and what to say. Data from over 50 iterative development trials (study 1) suggest that FACT increased neither the collaboration nor productivity of the students' struggle compared to paper-based classes. However, the data also suggest that when there is just one teacher in the classroom, then only a few of the groups that need a visit can get one. We modified FACT to directly send students the provocative questions that it formerly sent only to teachers. A pilot test (study 2) suggests that this version may increase productive struggle, but increasing collaboration remains an unsolved problem.
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