期刊名称：Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education
印刷版ISSN：1305-8223
电子版ISSN：1305-8223
出版年度：2018
卷号：14
期号：6
页码：2563-2586
DOI：10.29333/ejmste/90091
出版社：Pamukkale Univ Dept Sci Education
摘要：Facilitating the design process in low-resource Technology classrooms has become
increasingly challenging in the 21st century. This research focuses on the types of
information sources used during learners’ design processes. We examine the
information sources that nine South African Grade 9 learners from a low-resource
school used while they were engaged in a mechanical systems and control design task.
They worked in groups of three to design a machine to lift logs from the ground onto
a truck. We utilised a Think Aloud Protocol Study to collect concurrent verbal, visual
and temporal data. The results indicate that Grade 9 design teams were predominantly
engaged in problem solving activities by using mostly external sources of information
during the early phases of the design process. If designing is the backbone
methodology of Technology education, attention should be given to the information
sources that learners use during designing.
关键词：cognitive phases; design cognition; information sources; low-resource;
classrooms; technology education
