Examining a Teacher's Orchestration Practice in a Collaborative Game-Based Classroom (Poster 28)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Thirteen
  In Poster Session: Learning Sciences SIG Poster Session One: Games, Embodiment, Design, and Computational Thinking

Abstract

In technology-enhanced learning environments, teachers face new challenges and demands to manage multiple constraints in classrooms and support students learning across social planes. A deep understanding is needed to unfold teachers’ orchestration practices in authentic settings. This paper presents an empirical study to understand a teacher’s classroom orchestration practices in a collaborative game-based learning environment in a K-12 STEAM classroom. Interaction analysis was used to analyze classroom video data. In this study, we reveal how a teacher used learning technology to orchestrate the classroom, especially describing how a teacher prioritized classroom orchestration practices and facilitated students learning using mediating tools.

Authors

• Yuxin Chen, University of South Alabama
  Presenting Author

• Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Indiana University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Chen Feng, Indiana University
  Non-Presenting Author