應用電腦化思考工具增進國小學生高層次思考

Abstract

本研究的目的在探討電腦化思考工具對國小學生學習成效之影響，採準實驗研究法，研究參與者為國小三年級三個班級的82名學生，以班為單位分派為思考工具組、分組討論組以及大班討論組。自變項為學生在課堂上是否使用電腦化思考工具進行討論，依變項為學生的學習成就與高層次思考能力。

研究結果發現：（1）學生應用電腦化思考工具進行學習與否對學習成就沒有影響；（2）學生應用電腦化思考工具進行學習能提升創造層次的思考表現；（3）學生認為電腦化思考工具對學習有幫助且願意繼續使用。未來建議教師應用電腦化思考工具進行學習活動時，應讓學生有充分的時間利用工具進行探索。後續研究可延長教學實驗的時間或採用不同的評量方式，以深入瞭解工具對學生學習成效的影響。

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of using computerized thinking tools to enhance elementary school students’ higher order thinking skills. We conducted a quasi-experimental design in the study. Three classes with a total of 82 third graders participated in the study. One class was assigned as the thinking tools group, and the other two classes served as the control groups and were further assigned as the team discussion group and the whole-class discussion group respectively. The independent variable is the use of computerized thinking tools, namely Visual Ranking and Seeing Reason of Intel Teach program, during class discussion. The dependent variables are students’ learning achievement and higher order thinking skills. The findings revealed that there were no significant differences in learning achievement among the groups, but the creative thinking dimension of the experimental group was enhanced by using computerized thinking tools. Students of the thinking tools group considered the computerized thinking tools helpful and would like to use them again in their future classes. It was suggested that education practitioners could integrate computerized thinking tools into instruction, providing that students were given sufficient time to explore the tools. Further research should explore the learning effects of using computerized thinking tools with longer period of experiment and different assessment methodology.