Web_Soc: a Socratic-dialectic-based collaborative tutoring system on the World Wide Web

Author

Chang, Kuo-En ; Sung, Yao-Ting ; Wang, Kang-Yuu ; Dai, Chien-Yuu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Educ., Nat. Taiwan Normal Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

46

Issue

1

fYear

2003

fDate

2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

78

Abstract

A Web_Soc tutoring system for recursion concept learning is proposed. The system integrates different modes of learning, synchronous and asynchronous, collaborative and individualized, into a World Wide Web (WWW) environment. The paper proposes a collaborative learning protocol. Based on the protocol, the principles of the Socratic dialogue are applied to the collaborative learning of recursion concepts. In order to evaluate the effects on learning of the Web_Soc system, an educational experiment was conducted. The results show that the effects from the Web_Soc system were more obvious than merely studying articles.

Keywords

Internet; distance learning; groupware; teaching; CAI; Socratic-dialectic-based collaborative tutoring system; Web_Soc tutoring system; World Wide Web; collaborative learning protocol; recursion concept learning; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer science education; Helium; Internet; Programming profession; Protocols; Time factors; Web sites; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TE.2002.808276

Filename

1183669