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 In this research study, I and my colleagues
examined data on 24 middle school students who embarked on two-week long
apprenticeships with "real" scientists engaged in "real" research. By collecting
data at random times using beeper technology, videotapes, audiotapes, and
a type of electronic performance support systems, we gained a rich understanding
of apprenticeship learning as it unfolded in situ. We used actor-network
methodology, along with multi-dimensional scaling and small-space analysis
to understand both the products and processes of the apprenticeship journey;
the journey that took them from outside of the scientist's community of
practice to meaningful participation and appropriation of those practices
that were central to the community.
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Last updated July 10, 1998
URL: http://inkido.indiana.edu/research/sac.html Address questions and comments to Sasha Barab |
Sasha A. Barab, Kenneth E. Hay, and Thomas M.
Duffy. (March 1998). Grounded constructions and how technology can help.
TECHTRENDS, 15-23.