Incorporating PBL in a high school computer science course

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作者：
Chang, Ling-Chian [1 ]
Lee, Greg C. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Dept Informat & Comp Educ, Taipei, Taiwan
来源：
36TH ANNUAL FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION, CONFERENCE PROGRAM, VOLS 1-4: BORDERS: INTERNATIONAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL | 2006年
关键词：
action research; computer science; high school; project-based learning;
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TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
The study was conducted with 605 high-school students in 13 classes of a typical high school in northern Taiwan. In the paper, we will detail the past conduct of the course, the revised PBL-induced course design, and our experimental design. We will discuss how we circumvented the usual challenges faced with PBL and some of the pragmatic issues faced during our implementation. Our experimental results showed that PBL did enhance students' learning in computer science concepts and their software usage skills. Furthermore, the classroom atmosphere was changed from the teacher-directed atmosphere into lively students-centered atmosphere in which students became active learners in and out of the classroom. We have also concluded that the blending of cooperative learning with PBL in a computer class is feasible.
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