Empowering Special Needs Students as Peer Tutors through ICT and WebQuest Creation
This project explores how involving students with Mild General Learning Disabilities (MGLD) in designing and delivering WebQuests can promote engagement and higher-order thinking skills. Utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT), students will create learning materials for their peers, breaking the cycle of academic failure. Grounded in constructivist theories, this approach encourages collaboration and social interaction among learners. The research will analyze the impact of peer-led learning experiences, focusing on student reflections, discussions, and assessments.
Empowering Special Needs Students as Peer Tutors through ICT and WebQuest Creation
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Title Special Needs Students as Peer Tutors using ICT to support the creation and delivery of WebQuests. Area: Special Educational Needs. Problem : Breaking the cycle of failure. Idea: Involving SEN students in constructing their own learning. Using ICT to engage and motivate SEN students. nick@scoileoin.ie
Literature Piaget. Constructivist theory of knowledge. Papert . Constructionism, actively making things. Vygotsky. Social interaction, Social learning, ZPD The More Knowledgeable Other, MKO Brunner. Enquiry based learning, constructivism Keller.Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction Dodge. Higher level thinking, Relevance nick@scoileoin.ie
Research Question How does using ICT do design and constructWebQuests for their peers help students withMild General Learning Disabilities engage inhigh order thinking ? nick@scoileoin.ie
Learning Experience/Artefact Design and Construction of a set of WebQuestsby students with MGLD for use by their peers. The students will deliver the WebQuests to theirpeers and carry out post assessments. nick@scoileoin.ie
Design Table p-1 nick@scoileoin.ie
Design Table p-2 nick@scoileoin.ie
Design Table p-3 nick@scoileoin.ie
Artefact Demo Demo of the (prototype) artefact/learning experience https://www.cs.tcd.ie/~rochen1/researchartifact/ nick@scoileoin.ie
Research Methodology & Ideas on the end users/data sample Case study Based on observation and experience Appropriate for individual researcher One aspect of problem under time constraints. Prior background knowledge of participants nick@scoileoin.ie
Potential Findings • The data gathered will be analysed for evidence of higher order thinking skills during the process. • E.g. • Webquests themselves. • Threads in discussions with the pupils • Teacher – pupil, pupil-pupil, pupil designer- pupil learner • Teacher observations • Development process • Delivery • In other situations (other people’s comments) • Comments from peers • Students reflections • Test results • Self esteem nick@scoileoin.ie
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