Three-phase principle-based pedagogical design scaffolding low-achieving students into Knowledge Building

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Description

A three-phased pedagogical design, refined from a previous four-phased design, that maps sixteen principle-based activities onto Knowledge Building principles (epistemic agency, community knowledge, collective responsibility, improvable ideas, embedded concurrent and transformative assessment). Phase 1 creates a collaborative and reflective culture so students "develop collaboration, inquiry, and reflection skills for productive Knowledge Building inquiry"; Phase 2 engages students in problem-centered collaborative inquiry on Knowledge Forum; Phase 3 deepens inquiry and community knowledge through student-directed portfolio assessment and field trips.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A teacher experienced with Knowledge Building pedagogy to facilitate the classes
• Knowledge Forum with integrated assessment tools such as Social Network Analysis and the Note Contribution applet

Constraints

• Portfolio activities were not implemented in every class: group portfolio assessment only in Class C, individual portfolio assessments not in Class D, and one activity (designing questions) omitted for Class D, per Table 2

Target Learners

• Academically low-achieving secondary school students (Grades 9 and 11)

Learning Goals

• Inquiry, collaboration, reflection, and metacognitive skills; critical and creative thinking in Visual Arts

Claims

• Low Achievers Joy Predominance Knowledge Building [+M]

Related Designs

• Mastery Learning
• A conceptual design framework for PST collaborative inquiry combining knowledge building principles with collaborative-analytics reflective assessment
• Model Construction epistemic markers for model-based reasoning on Knowledge Forum

Examples

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Key Sources

• Yuqin Yang · Gaoxia Zhu · Carol K. K. Chan. (2022). Evolution of the academic emotions of academically low-achieving students in knowledge building. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-022-09380-y

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title	Three-phase principle-based pedagogical design scaffolding low-achieving students into Knowledge Building
description	A three-phased pedagogical design, refined from a previous four-phased design, that maps sixteen principle-based activities onto Knowledge Building principles (epistemic agency, community knowledge, collective respons...
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