TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring Integration of Information in Multirepresentational Software
AU - Schwarz, Baruch
AU - Dreyfus, Tommy
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - The use of multiple representations to support the acquisition of scientific and mathematical concepts is commonplace among software designers. It is based on the belief that when presented different displays representing the same concept, students are able to integrate the information into a coherent whole. Very little has been done to corroborate this assumption. This article presents a way to measure how students integrate information about the concept of mathematical function when working with a multirepresentational software. After defining computational measures based exclusively on students’ actions, we compare an interpretation of these measures with an analysis of students’ work based on verbal data. The match between these two interpretations indicates that the measures are good indicators of integration of information. While the methods used here are specific to the present software, they are adaptable to other computerized environments.
AB - The use of multiple representations to support the acquisition of scientific and mathematical concepts is commonplace among software designers. It is based on the belief that when presented different displays representing the same concept, students are able to integrate the information into a coherent whole. Very little has been done to corroborate this assumption. This article presents a way to measure how students integrate information about the concept of mathematical function when working with a multirepresentational software. After defining computational measures based exclusively on students’ actions, we compare an interpretation of these measures with an analysis of students’ work based on verbal data. The match between these two interpretations indicates that the measures are good indicators of integration of information. While the methods used here are specific to the present software, they are adaptable to other computerized environments.
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U2 - 10.1080/1049482930030302
DO - 10.1080/1049482930030302
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AN - SCOPUS:0000762237
SN - 1049-4820
VL - 3
SP - 177
EP - 198
JO - Interactive Learning Environments
JF - Interactive Learning Environments
IS - 3
ER -