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Jianwei Zhang
Educational Technology Center, Tsinghua University
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Technology-Supported Learning Innovation in Cultural Contexts
Jianwei Zhang
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 58, No. 2 (April 2010) pp. 229–243
Many reform initiatives adopt a reductionist, proceduralized approach to cultural change, assuming that deep changes can be realized by introducing new classroom activities, textbooks, and technological tools. This article elaborates a complex...
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Incorporating ICT into K-12 Schools: China's Perspective in the Global Backgrounds
Jianwei Zhang
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 4 (2001) pp. 49–57
Provides an overview of the development of ICT (information and communication technology) in Chinese schools. Topics include hardware; infrastructures; educational resources; teacher training and support; organizational culture in schools; practical ...
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A Cultural Look at Information and Communication Technologies in Eastern Education
Jianwei Zhang
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 55, No. 3 (June 2007) pp. 301–314
The Eastern cultural tradition, together with other social factors, has shaped a group-based, teacher-dominated, and centrally organized pedagogical culture. Drawing upon this cultural perspective, this article reviews the development of information ...
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How Do Learners Utilize the Course Package and Learning Support Services in Distance Learning: A Survey on the Learning Processes
Jianwei Zhang
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 2, No. 4 (2003) pp. 17–23
This study implemented a survey on learners' utilizations and experiences of various formats of distance learning resources spanning from the sub-system of course package to that of learning support services. One of the main findings was the...
Topics: Distance Education, survey, Educational Technology, Learning Management Systems, Information Communication Technologies
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Reading for Idea Advancement in a Grade 4 Knowledge Building Community
Jianwei Zhang; Yanqing Sun
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 39, No. 4 (July 2011) pp. 429–452
This study looks into the reading practice in a Grade 4 knowledge building community that involved 22 students and a veteran teacher. The students investigated light over a three-month period supported by Knowledge Forum, a networked collaborative...
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Forming Shared Inquiry Structures to Support Knowledge Building in a Grade 5 Community
Dan Tao; Jianwei Zhang
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 46, No. 4 (2018) pp. 563–592
This study explores the reflective processes by which a grade 5 science community co-constructed shared inquiry structures to focus and guide its inquiry about human body systems over a school year supported by a collaborative online environment....
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Knowledge Society Network: Toward a Dynamic, Sustained Network for Building Knowledge
Huang-Yao Hong; Marlene Scardamalia; Jianwei Zhang; Jianwei Zhang
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 36, No. 1 (Dec 17, 2010)
The Knowledge Society Network (KSN) “takes advantage of new knowledge media to maximize and democratize society’s knowledge-creating capacity” (www.ikit.org/KSN). This article synthesizes the principles and designs of this network which were...
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Knowledge Building and Vocabulary Growth over Two Years, Grades 3 and 4
Yanqing Sun; Jianwei Zhang; Marlene Scardamalia
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 38, No. 2 (March 2010) pp. 147–171
Productive knowledge work and high-level literacy are essential for engagement in a Knowledge society. In the research reported in this article, students were engaged in sustained collaborative knowledge building in science and social studies. The...
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Early Development of Graphical Literacy through Knowledge Building
Yongcheng Gan; Marlene Scardamalia; Huang-Yao Hong; Jianwei Zhang; Jianwei Zhang
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 36, No. 1 (Dec 17, 2010)
This study examined growth in graphical literacy for students contributing to an online, multimedia, communal environment as they advanced their understanding of biology, history and optics. Their science and history studies started early in Grade 3 ...
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Designs for Collective Cognitive Responsibility in Knowledge-Building Communities
Jianwei Zhang; Marlene Scardamalia; Richard Reeve; Richard Messina
Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 18, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 7–44
This article reports a design experiment conducted over three successive school years, with the teacher's goal of having his Grade 4 students assume increasing levels of collective responsibility for advancing their knowledge of optics. Classroom...
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An Analysis of Learners' Interactions with Course Package and Learning Support Services in Distance Learning
Jianwei Zhang; Yanqing Sun; Xueyou Wang; Gengsheng Wu
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 361–368
This study implemented a survey on learners' utilizations and experiences of various formats of distance learning resources spanning from the sub-system of course package to that of learning support and services. One of the main findings was the...
Topics: Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Developing Deep Understanding and Literacy while Addressing a Gender-Based Literacy Gap
Yanqing Sun; Jianwei Zhang; Marlene Scardamalia; Marlene Scardamalia
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 36, No. 1 (Dec 17, 2010)
Online discourse from a class of 22 students (11 boys and 11 girls) was analysed to assess advances in conceptual understanding and literacy. The students worked over a two-year period (Grades 3-4), during which they contributed notes to an online...
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Socio-Cognitive Dynamics of Knowledge Building in the Work of 9- and 10-Year-Olds
Jianwei Zhang; Marlene Scardamalia; Mary Lamon; Richard Messina; Richard Reeve
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 55, No. 2 (April 2007) pp. 117–145
This study examines four months of online discourse of 22 Grade 4 students engaged in efforts to advance their understanding of optics. Their work is part of a school-wide knowledge building initiative, the essence of which is giving students...
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Sustaining Knowledge Building as a Principle-Based Innovation at an Elementary School
Jianwei Zhang; Huang-Yao Hong; Marlene Scardamalia; Chew Lee Teo; Elizabeth A. Morley
Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 20, No. 2 (2011) pp. 262–307
This study explores Knowledge Building as a principle-based innovation at an elementary school and makes a case for a principle- versus procedure-based approach to educational innovation, supported by new knowledge media. Thirty-nine Knowledge...