CONSTRUCTING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IN THE ONLINE CLASSROOM: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOCAL PROMPTS.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of three Structured Divergent discussion board prompt designs on knowledge construction in a graduate online course. According to Andrews (1980), the form of the question affects the extent of the response within a discussion. The Playground prompt...

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Publicado en:College Student Journal Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 483 - 491
Autores principales: HOWELL, GINGER S., LACOUR, MISTY M., MCGLAWN, PENNY A.
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Publicado: Project Innovation Austin LLC Winter2017
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          Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
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        Online education
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