Result: Case Designs for Ill-Structured Problems: Analysis and Implications for Practice

Title:
Case Designs for Ill-Structured Problems: Analysis and Implications for Practice
Language:
English
Authors:
Dabbagh, Nada, Blijd, Cecily Williams
Source:
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. Apr 2009 18(2):141-170.
Availability:
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. P.O. Box 1545, Chesapeake, VA 23327-1545. Tel: 757-366-5606; Fax: 703-997-8760; e-mail: info@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org
Peer Reviewed:
Y
Physical Description:
PDF
Page Count:
30
Publication Date:
2009
Document Type:
Academic journal Journal Articles<br />Reports - Evaluative
Education Level:
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors:
Medical Education, Graduate Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Information Seeking, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Programming, Hypermedia, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Computer Software, Instructional Design, Computer Simulation, Navigation (Information Systems), Computer Science Education
ISSN:
1055-8896
Number of References:
38
Entry Date:
2009
Access URL:
https://www.editlib.org/p/28277
Accession Number:
EJ850360
Database:
ERIC

Further Information

This study is a third in a series of studies that examined students' information seeking and problem solving behaviors while interacting with one of two types of web-based representations of an ill-structured instructional design case: hierarchical (tree-like) and heterarchical (network-like). A Java program was used to track students' hypermedia journeys and decision-making patterns through the case designs. Additionally, student teams submitted case solutions and engaged in inter-team online discourse to critique case solutions. Data from the tracking program, case solutions, and online discourse were analyzed to determine the effects of hierarchical versus heterarchical case designs on information seeking and problem solving behaviors. (Contains 4 tables and 6 figures.)

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