Scaffolded student teachers were more effective in searching for information for their presentation, while the unscaffolded group had difficulties finding relevant information¶
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q2 i? In a six-hour medicine education intervention, the scaffolded group (Google Sites case and presentation templates) was quite effective in searching for information for their presentation, whereas the unscaffolded group (Word documents only) had difficulties finding relevant information. → Sirpa Kärkkäinen 2014
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Sirpa Kärkkäinen 2014¶
Sirpa Kärkkäinen, Jari Kukkonen and Tuula Keinonen. (2014). Scaffolding in a Medicine Education Intervention for Student Teachers Based on the PROFILES Three Stage Model. ceps Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1129505
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Qualitative discourse analysis of recorded discussions from two groups of three primary school teacher students during the 'Flu' intervention; the article reports the scaffolded group was "quite effective in searching for information" while the unscaffolded group had difficulties. No effect size is printed.
"However, the scaffolded group is quite effective in searching for information for their presentation, whereas the unscaffolded group has difficulties in finding relevant information."
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Related Claims¶
- Scaffolded and unscaffolded groups showed few differences in knowledge of flu symptoms, home resources and self-care medicines during the Inquiry Stage — related
- Self- and peer-assessment showed no big differences between groups except a more intensive inquiry process in the scaffolded group — related
- Both scaffolded and unscaffolded groups discussed and rated the reliability of the three given websites in the same way — related
- Students who spent the longest time looking at the map found the least relevant information — related
- The scaffolded group gave more argumentation concerning flu treatment and prevention suggestions in the Decision-making Stage — related
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