A description and characterization of student activity in an open, online, mathematics help forum
A description and characterization of student activity in an open, online, mathematics help forum
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在开放的在线数学帮助论坛中对学生活动的描述和特征
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2011
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C. Sande
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C. Sande
免费、开放、在线的微积分论坛是世界各地的学生可以发布与课程相关的问题的网站，这些问题可能会被匿名的其他人查看和回应。这些网站是学生寻求帮助的紧急资源，已经成为许多学生数学经验的一部分。本文的目的是向研究界介绍和描述论坛作为一种以计算机为媒介的寻求帮助的形式，并简要描述一个流行的微积分帮助论坛中学生活动的形式。我们收集了200个关于限额和相关利率的交流，并对其进行了检查，以证明学生在发起交流和随后的干预时为行动提供了想法和建议。这些发现证明了进一步研究的必要性，因为学生们以各种方式使用论坛，有时参与有意义。这些论坛有可能测试学生对教学方法的反应。
Free, open, online, calculus forums are websites where students from around the world can post course-related queries that may be viewed and responded to by anonymous others. These sites are an emergent resource for students seeking help and have become a part of many students’ mathematical experience. The purpose of this paper is to introduce and describe the forums to the research community as a computer-mediated form of help seeking, and to briefly characterize the forms of student activity in one popular calculus help forum. Two hundred exchanges on limit and related rates were collected and examined for evidence that students are contributing ideas and proposals for action when they initiate the exchange and following intervention. The findings justify the need for further research since students are using the forums in a variety of ways and sometimes participate meaningfully. The forums have potential for testing student responses to pedagogical approaches.