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Process-and context-sensitive research on academic knowledge practices
Katariina Salmela-aroHanni MuukkonenKai HakkarainenKirsti LonkaSatu JalonenKari KosonenJuha LinnanenAnnamari HeikkiläKari Salosubject
020205 medical informaticsProcess (engineering)4. Education05 social sciencesApplied psychology050301 educationContext (language use)02 engineering and technologyVariation (game tree)Sampling systemMobile phonePedagogy0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringPsychology0503 educationPeriod (music)description
The Contextual Activity Sampling System (CASS) methodology and CASS-Query tools have been developed for the investigation of learning and working practices. The CASS-methods and tools provide contextualized data that allow the analyzing and modeling of within-person changes across time. This paper describes a pilot study with 3G mobiles used by eight engineering students. Students answered questionnaires concerning their ongoing study projects, academic emotions, and collaboration, with a mobile phone five times a day for a period of two weeks (70 queries per person). Variation in their emotions were examined by time-series analysis. Students were also interviewed before and after the CASS-query period. Interview and query data were used to form a picture of the variation of daily routines, challenges, and reflections of one's own activities related to engagement in academic tasks or leisure. The study reports results regarding students' experiences of the CASS-methodology, emotional experiences during the two-week follow-up, their objects and activities related to personal study projects they undertook during this period.
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2007-01-01 | Proceedings of the 8th iternational conference on Computer supported collaborative learning - CSCL'07 |