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Title:
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SMS COLLABORATIVE QUESTIONING: CONVERGENCE OF TASK, INTERACTIVITY AND OUTCOMES |
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Author(s):
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Dick Ngambi |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-15-1 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Short Message Services, Student Interaction, Collaborative Questioning, Mobile, Dynamic Frequently Asked Questions. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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26 |
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Last Page:
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33 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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There is currently a disjuncture between evidence in literature linking student interaction to student learning and what
obtains in practice. This paper is premised on the argument that students do not ask questions in face to face classroom
sessions and therefore there is usually less interaction in class. The problem is compounded when students commute
between home, office and class. Faced with a challenge of facilitating acquisition of critical thinking skills, the project
sought to exploit the ubiquitous mobile phones, in particular Short Message Services (SMS) for collaborative
questioning. In this paper, SMS collaborative questioning is used to provide a convergence between a learning task, class
interaction and learning outcomes. The paper reports on a case study in which students were assigned a piece of academic
reading which they critically read, engaged with, questioned and responded to peers questions. Students used a tool called
mobile-DFAQ (Dynamic Frequently Asked Questions) for class interaction using SMS. The paper discusses the
experiences of students who used the mobile-DFAQ tool. The project sought to use devices that accompanied students
mobility as they traversed across the three spaces: home, workplace and classroom. |
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