TY - GEN
T1 - The role of affordances and motives in explaining how and why students use computer-based scaffolds
AU - Belland, Brian R.
AU - Drake, Joel
AU - Liu, Zhiying
PY - 2011/9/19
Y1 - 2011/9/19
N2 - Scaffolds can be defined as tools that help students meaningfully participate in and gain skill at tasks that are beyond their unassisted abilities. However, the term scaffold is often used atheoretically, resulting in poor understanding of how and why students use computer-based scaffolds. In this paper, we reconnect the term scaffold to the socio-cultural theory that undergirds it and use that theory to explain how students use computer-based scaffolds. In particular, we examine the idea that affordances and motives drive student use of scaffolds. This framework has important implications for instructional design and scaffold research.
AB - Scaffolds can be defined as tools that help students meaningfully participate in and gain skill at tasks that are beyond their unassisted abilities. However, the term scaffold is often used atheoretically, resulting in poor understanding of how and why students use computer-based scaffolds. In this paper, we reconnect the term scaffold to the socio-cultural theory that undergirds it and use that theory to explain how students use computer-based scaffolds. In particular, we examine the idea that affordances and motives drive student use of scaffolds. This framework has important implications for instructional design and scaffold research.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICALT.2011.162
DO - 10.1109/ICALT.2011.162
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80052770980
SN - 9780769543468
T3 - Proceedings of the 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2011
SP - 529
EP - 531
BT - Proceedings of the 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2011
T2 - 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2011
Y2 - 6 July 2011 through 8 July 2011
ER -