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Campbell J. McRobbie; Chad D. Ellett

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 27, No. 4 pp. 269–271

Language: English

Investigating Chemistry Students' Learning about the Relationship between the Temperature and the Pressure of a Gas Using a Microcomputer-Based Laboratory (MBL): A Word of Caution

Gregory P. Thomas; Campbell J. McRobbie

Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Vol. 2, No. 3 (2002) pp. 321–38

Focuses on practices related to the use of a microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) in a high school chemistry course in which students studied gases and kinetic theory. Reports that little or no higher order thinking was employed as students engaged...

Epistemological and Contextual Issues in the Use of Microcomputer-Based Laboratories in a Year 11 Chemistry Classroom

GREGORY P. THOMAS; Campbell J. Mcrobbie

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 19, No. 2 (2000) pp. 137–160

There is a lack of studies that provide fine-grained investiga-tions of the factors that affect both teachers' and students' use of microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) technology. An interpretive methodology was employed to examine the use of MBL...

Topics: Teachers, Students

Eliciting Metacognitive Experiences and Reflection in a Year 11 Chemistry Classroom: An Activity Theory Perspective

Gregory P. Thomas; Campbell J. McRobbie

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 3 (June 2013) pp. 300–313

Concerns regarding students' learning and reasoning in chemistry classrooms are well documented. Students' reasoning in chemistry should be characterized by conscious consideration of chemical phenomenon from laboratory work at macroscopic,...

Problem Solving in a Middle School Robotics Design Classroom

Stephen J. Norton; Campbell J. McRobbie; Ian S. Ginns

Research in Science Education Vol. 37, No. 3 (July 2007) pp. 261–277

Little research has been conducted on how students work when they are required to plan, build and evaluate artefacts in technology rich learning environments such as those supported by tools including flow charts, "Labview" programming and Lego...

Grappling with Teaching Design and Technology: A Beginning Teacher's Experiences

Sarah J. Stein; Ian S. Ginns; Campbell J. McRobbie

Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 21, No. 2 (November 2003) pp. 141–157

This paper reports on an investigation into the first time implementation of a technology education unit of work by a beginning primary school teacher. The researchers monitored the teacher's implementation of the unit across a 6 week period using...

Authentic Program Planning in Technology Education

Sarah J. Stein; Campbell J. McRobbie; Ian S. Ginns

International Journal of Technology and Design Education Vol. 11, No. 3 (2001) pp. 239–61

Reports on needs identified by three teachers during an investigation into their first experiences of implementing technology in primary classrooms. Presents two models for conceptualizing and planning units of work in technology. The models form...

Exploring Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Reasons for Not Using Computers in Their Teaching: Five Case Studies

Stephen Norton; Campbell J. McRobbie; Tom J. Cooper

Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 33, No. 1 (2000) pp. 87–109

Despite the availability of hardware and software, the mathematics staff in a technology-rich secondary school rarely used computers in their teaching. This study investigates reasons for this phenomenon. Findings have implications for professional...

Implications of missed opportunities for learning and assessment in design and technology education

Sarah J. Stein; Campbell J. McRobbie; Ian S. Ginns

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 18, No. 1 pp. 35–49

Supporting student learning can be difficult, especially within open-ended or loosely structured activities, often seen as valuable for promoting student autonomy in many curriculum areas and contexts. This paper reports an investigation into the...

Language: English

The Role of the Microcomputer-Based Laboratory Display in Supporting the Construction of New Understandings in Kinematics

David W. Russell; Keith B. Lucas; Campbell J. McRobbie

Research in Science Education Vol. 33, No. 2 (2003) pp. 217–43

Investigates how microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) activities specifically designed to be consistent with a constructivist theory of learning support or constrain student construction of understanding. Analysis of students' discourse and actions...

Microprocessor Based Laboratory Activities as Catalysts for Student Construction of Understanding in Physics

David Russell; Keith B. Lucas; Campbell J. McRobbie

combined Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education and the New Zealand Association for Research in Education 1999 (December 1999)

From the theoretical reference frame of constructivism, much of the rhetoric and positive research findings in support of microprocessor based laboratory (MBL) activities facilitating science learning can be interpreted in terms of the increased...

Multiple learning environments in the physics classroom

Campbell J. Mcrobbie; Wolff-Michael Roth; Keith B. Lucas

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 27, No. 4 pp. 333–342

This study was designed to investigate how perceptions of the learning environment in a Year 12 physics class mediated students' learning about rotational motion. Data sources included observation and video recordings of each lesson for five weeks,...

Language: English

Role of the Microcomputer-Based Laboratory Display in Supporting the Construction of New Understandings in Thermal Physics

David W. Russell; Keith B. Lucas; Campbell J. McRobbie

Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 41, No. 2 (February 2004) pp. 165–185

Teachers' failure to use the microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) more widely may be a result of not recognizing its capacity to transform laboratory activities. This research aimed to increase understanding of how MBL activities designed to be...

The local production of order in traditional science laboratories: A phenomenological analysis

Wolff-Michael Roth; Campbell J. McRobbie; Keith B. Lucas; Sylvie Boutonné

Learning and Instruction Vol. 7, No. 2 pp. 107–136

There is a lack of studies that sharply focus on what students are actually doing in science laboratories. This study was designed to provide a fine-grained description of students' discursive and material actions in a traditional senior physics...

Language: English