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Tools for concurrent, embedded, and transformative assessment of knowledge building processes and progress

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Chris Teplovs,

Zoe Donoahue,

Marlene Scardamalia,

Donald PhilipAuthors Info & Claims

CSCL'07: Proceedings of the 8th iternational conference on Computer supported collaborative learning

Pages 721 - 723

Published: 16 July 2007 Publication History

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In this paper we introduce a suite of analytic tools to enable users of Knowledge Forum to monitor various participation and collaboration patterns, with almost instantaneous feedback to ongoing processes. Tools for semantic analysis of content similarly provide just-in-time assessment (e.g., vocabulary overlap for different documents or Knowledge Forum database segments). Early results suggest a number of ways in which concurrent and embedded assessment enhances knowledge building in classrooms.

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CSCL'07: Proceedings of the 8th iternational conference on Computer supported collaborative learning

July 2007

881 pages

ISBN:9780615154367

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