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Title. Special Needs Students as Peer Tutors using ICT to support the creation and delivery of WebQuests. Area: Special Educational Needs . Problem : Breaking the cycle of failure. Idea: Involving SEN students in constructing their own learning.
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Title Special Needs Students as Peer Tutors using ICT to support the creation and delivery of WebQuests. Area: Special Educational Needs. Problem : Breaking the cycle of failure. Idea: Involving SEN students in constructing their own learning. Using ICT to engage and motivate SEN students. nick@scoileoin.ie
Literature Piaget. Constructivist theory of knowledge. Papert . Constructionism, actively making things. Vygotsky. Social interaction, Social learning, ZPD The More Knowledgeable Other, MKO Brunner. Enquiry based learning, constructivism Keller.Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction Dodge. Higher level thinking, Relevance nick@scoileoin.ie
Research Question How does using ICT do design and constructWebQuests for their peers help students withMild General Learning Disabilities engage inhigh order thinking ? nick@scoileoin.ie
Learning Experience/Artefact Design and Construction of a set of WebQuestsby students with MGLD for use by their peers. The students will deliver the WebQuests to theirpeers and carry out post assessments. nick@scoileoin.ie
Design Table p-1 nick@scoileoin.ie
Design Table p-2 nick@scoileoin.ie
Design Table p-3 nick@scoileoin.ie
Artefact Demo Demo of the (prototype) artefact/learning experience https://www.cs.tcd.ie/~rochen1/researchartifact/ nick@scoileoin.ie
Research Methodology & Ideas on the end users/data sample Case study Based on observation and experience Appropriate for individual researcher One aspect of problem under time constraints. Prior background knowledge of participants nick@scoileoin.ie
Potential Findings • The data gathered will be analysed for evidence of higher order thinking skills during the process. • E.g. • Webquests themselves. • Threads in discussions with the pupils • Teacher – pupil, pupil-pupil, pupil designer- pupil learner • Teacher observations • Development process • Delivery • In other situations (other people’s comments) • Comments from peers • Students reflections • Test results • Self esteem nick@scoileoin.ie
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