The evolution of the intellectual partnership with a cognitive tool in inquiry-based astronomy laboratory

  • Authors:

  • Beaumie Kim;Kenneth E. Hay

  • Affiliations:

  • Wheeling Jesuit University;The University of Georgia

  • Venue:
  • CSCL '05 Proceedings of th 2005 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning: learning 2005: the next 10 years!
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper describes a study focused on the longitudinal application of a cognitive tool by observing a pair of learners' interaction with it over a semester. This study intended to develop a deeper understanding of the process whereby learners become more capable of engaging in scientific inquiry with the tool in order to advance technology-enhanced, inquiry-based approaches to instruction. In an effort to understand how learners move toward coherent knowledge structure, eccentricity of planet's orbit emerged as one of the main themes. The findings are discussed focused on how the pair used, understood, and elaborated the concept of eccentricity.