Expertise in engineering learning: examining engineering students' collaborative inquiry of computer systems

  • Authors:
  • Yuen-Yan Chan

  • Affiliations:
  • The University of Hong Kong, H.K., Hong Kong SAR

  • Venue:
  • ICLS '10 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This work studies how expertlike engineering undergraduates learned about computer systems modering and simulation through collaborative inquiry. From a close examination of the student artifacts, noticeable differences between expertlike engineering learners and their non-expertlike counterparts were found. Such differences were consistent to literature. Although inquiry-based learning and collaborative learning have long been recommended as pedagogy to enhance student learning and knowledge construction, experts and novices still demonstrate various differences in their collaboration and inquiry process.