Promoting Reflective Inquiry in Knowledge-Rich Investigation Environments

9720377 Reiser在这个36个月的项目中，PIs开发了一个反思探究的教学模式，包括对构成科学探究反思活动的认知策略的描述及其指导原则。该项目还开发了软件和课程，以便能够在现实世界的课堂上调查和评估这种教学模式。教学模式考虑了以下因素：反思的认知策略、策略时机和策略使用的启动，以及支持反思的信念。它提供了一个框架，用于通过社会结构、工具和构件设计对反射的支持。该模型用于指导一个名为Progress Portfolio的查询支持环境的设计，该环境将与第三方调查软件一起工作。进步档案袋通过为学生提供机制，将他们的工作产品和过程转变为明确的反思对象，从而为反思提供支持。正在进行的关于软件和课程的经验研究将导致改进软件和课程的设计，并改进教学模式。

9720377 Reiser In this 36 month project, the PIs develop an Instructional model of reflective inquiry, including a description of the cognitive strategies that comprise reflective activity in scientific inquire and principles for their instruction. The project also develops software and curriculum that will enable the investigation and evaluation of this instructional model in real-world classrooms. The instructional model accounts for the following elements: cognitive strategies for reflection, strategic timing and initiation of strategy use, and beliefs that support reflection. It provides a framework for designing supports for reflection through social structures, tools, and artifacts. The model is used to guide the design of an inquiry-support environment called the Progress Portfolio, which will work in conjunction with third-party investigation software. The Progress Portfolio provides support for reflection by giving students mechanisms for turning their work products and processes into explicit objects for reflection. Ongoing empirical studies with the software and curriculum will lead to improvements in the design of the software and curriculum and refinement of the instructional model.