Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation: The GlobalEd 2 project

Scott W. Brown; Kimberly A. Lawless

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_35

Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation: The GlobalEd 2 project

Scott W. Brown, Kimberly A. Lawless

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Abstract

Using a problem-based learning (PBL) approach, GlobalEd 2 (GE2) utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to learning writing, science, and social studies. Leveraging technologies commonly available in most middle grade classrooms (computers with Internet connections), GE2 engages classrooms of students as teams in simulated negotiations of international agreements on issues of global concern such as water resources and climate change. The impact of student interactions within the simulation on the writing self-efficacy and the ability to author evidenced-based arguments in science of 420 7th and 8th grade students across two states is presented. Results indicate that after participation in a GE2 simulation, students not only increased their writing self-efficacy, but also significantly increased the quality of their written scientific arguments.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Learning and Collaboration Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	Designing and Developing Novel Learning Experiences - First International Conference, LCT 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	371-379
Number of pages	9
Edition	PART 1
ISBN (Print)	9783319074818
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_35
State	Published - 2014
Event	1st International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2014 - Held as Part of 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2014 - Heraklion, Crete, Greece Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 27 2014

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 1
Volume	8523 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	1st International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2014 - Held as Part of 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2014
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Heraklion, Crete
Period	6/22/14 → 6/27/14

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Brown, S. W., & Lawless, K. A. (2014). Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation: The GlobalEd 2 project. In Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Designing and Developing Novel Learning Experiences - First International Conference, LCT 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Proceedings (PART 1 ed., pp. 371-379). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8523 LNCS, No. PART 1). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_35

Brown, Scott W. ; Lawless, Kimberly A. / Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation : The GlobalEd 2 project. Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Designing and Developing Novel Learning Experiences - First International Conference, LCT 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Proceedings. PART 1. ed. Springer Verlag, 2014. pp. 371-379 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 1).

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Brown, SW & Lawless, KA 2014, Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation: The GlobalEd 2 project. in Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Designing and Developing Novel Learning Experiences - First International Conference, LCT 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Proceedings. PART 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 1, vol. 8523 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 371-379, 1st International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2014 - Held as Part of 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 6/22/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_35

Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation: The GlobalEd 2 project. / Brown, Scott W.; Lawless, Kimberly A.
Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Designing and Developing Novel Learning Experiences - First International Conference, LCT 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Proceedings. PART 1. ed. Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 371-379 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8523 LNCS, No. PART 1).

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Brown SW, Lawless KA. Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation: The GlobalEd 2 project. In Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Designing and Developing Novel Learning Experiences - First International Conference, LCT 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Proceedings. PART 1 ed. Springer Verlag. 2014. p. 371-379. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 1). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_35

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