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Title:
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CAPTURING THINKING WITH HANDHELD COMPUTERS |
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Author(s):
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Wan Ng , Howard Nicholas |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-77-5 |
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Editors:
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Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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handheld computer, capturing thinking, avi-screen capture software, representations |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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143 |
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Last Page:
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150 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The use of the handheld computer as a pedagogical and motivational learning tool has been described in numerous
publications. It has the capacity to enable students to demonstrate understanding through different modes of
representations, for example, verbal, text, tables and graph, drawings, writing or written formulas, concept mapping and
animations through Flash or Pocket Slides PowerPoint. Capturing the process of constructing representations on the
handheld computer and the thinking that goes with it has not been described before. This paper presents a non-intrusive
method of capturing the verbal and screen-based (visual) elements of students thinking as they used handhelds in tasks
that required them to work either individually or collaboratively. It uses an avi-screen capture software called
CoolCapture operating in the background to do this. The implications of this methodology for research into thinking and
learning are discussed. |
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