LSTD Prosem notes

LSTD Prosem Notes Talk with Candice Thille about analytics for short-term learning events. 

Roy & Jim Greeno were early advocates for LSTD seminar. 

A research goal: Help students feel like they are empowered citizens of a school community.  Why is this important: Yes. Progressive schools-> democracy.                                     Technology is changing the terms of the social contract; we are consumers.  Feasability: Lever: Mobile media:                   Opportunity: Student journalism Is it interesting: Yes. Undertheorized space.  Is it falsifiable?       What’s the embedded hypothesis? 

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HW: Post on Canvas— what I just did. 

Science of the Artificial, Herb Simon Cubberly Q175 .S564 1981. Ask at circulation. 

http://unfold.studio/stories/85

How can the concept of “voice,” as used in literary analysis and English Language Arts pedagogy, be used in analyzing computational artifacts and in teaching Computer Science? When code is framed as narrative, are students able to draw on their experiences and identities to learn CS concepts in a personally-meaningful way? 

 Importance: There is a popular push for more students to study computer science, partly in response to a perceived shortage of workers in computational fields. However, we have not defined what is to be taught and how. In particular, we have not specified the extent to which CS should be taught as a static skillset and the extent to which it should be seen as a means of developing and articulating one’s perspective on the world. 

Feasibility: This question is well-suited to design-based research, as it involves integration of many factors of a complex system, including individuals’ past experiences, their roles and identities within the school community, etc. The question can be investigated using a combination of ethnographic methods and analysis of artifacts produced. 

Interestingness: This question could contribute to a larger project of studying computer science as a literacy. 

Falsifiability: Falsifiability is challenging to this question, as it is in part an interpretive question. The question could be considered falsifiable if approaching CS concepts through narrative did not have any noteworthy results, and did not lead to students learning CS concepts. 

What to read of Jim Greeno? Also, read Chris Piech’s paper on deep knowledge tracing. 

10/19

Bayesian Knowledge Tracing (BKT) ACT-R theory of skill development (Anderson, 1993; Corbett & Anderson, 1995)