Article Summary Of:

Papers:

• http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu:16080/projects/funded/jasper/readings/readings.html

Games:

• http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu:16080/projects/funded/jasper/preview/AdvJW.html
• http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/projects/funded/jasper/Jasperhome.html

Primary Topic(s) Addressed:  Educational Simulations; Problem Based Learning

Secondary Topic(s) Addressed: 

How this might be used on my dissertation:

Not sure.  Instructional simulations presented as videos are one-way information flows.  Interaction from students have no effect on the course of the simulation.  Main advantage seems to be video- involves more of the senses.

Questions Raised (potential topic for me):

(I can't think of any questions)

Main advantage seems to be information richness- a simulation is richer than reading a book- involves more of the senses and engages students more.  Could use communication theory to prove this. 

Summary of Paper:

Jasper developed at Vanderbilt for kids, K-12

Process:

1. kids watch video
2. kids given challenge
3. kids use the embedded information from the video to brainstorm a creative solution
4. kids are taught how to generalize what they learned in the simulation to the real world

 

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