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Chris Clark, & Kevin Baker |
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Students in a freshmen high school computer
class have varying degrees of prior knowledge relating to computers and
their components |
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Traditional delivery system was determined to be
ineffective in students being able to organize, interpret, and connect new
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Our group wanted to find an alternative and
effective instructional strategy to help our students understand the
components of a computer and how they work together. |
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The teacher will utilize concept formation and
concept mapping in the program Inspiration to create an effective lesson in
which students are actively involved in their learning. |
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Introduction |
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Joe |
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The Research |
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Tool |
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Strategy |
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Chris |
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The survey |
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Our questionnaire |
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Closing statements |
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Group |
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Defending our project |
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Goal- |
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Students will understand the components and the
relationship of the components of a computer system. |
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Students will recognize that some objects or
events belong together while others do not. |
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Naming the groups: input, output, network,
storage, processing, structural, hardware, electrical, and circuit. |
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The independent and interdependent function of
the components within the groups. |
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1. Qualitative Research |
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Survey using a questionnaire |
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Lickert scale-forced choice questions |
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A questionnaire will be presented to the
students to determine the effectiveness of the strategy, Concept Formation,
and the tool, Inspiration. |
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(to view the questionnaire as a pdf file, click
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(to download the questionnaire in Word, click
here) |
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For Concept Formation – |
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http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/livetext/docs/semantic.html |
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http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/policy/incel/section_3.html |
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http://www.mastnet.net/~kbertsch/inductive.html#syntax |
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http://www.dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch08/conform.mhtml |
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For Visual Leaning – http://www.curtin.edu.au/conference/ASCILITE97/papers/Mcloughlin/Mcloughlin.html |
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Notes