EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ABSTRACT BY DIRECT MANIPULATION OF THE CONCRETE

Oksana Arnold, Jun Fujima, Klaus P. Jantke, Yuzuru Tanaka

2012

Abstract

In schools and in universities, there will always remain a certain very abstract, but highly relevant content. Remarkable percentages of learners, therefore, are facing severe difficulties and need some substantial support. The paper demonstrates an involved case of learning some of the most abstract contents in higher education by means of exploratory direct manipulation. Direct manipulation technologies allow for touching media objects, for moving, modifying and combining them, and for–even playfully–exploring the behavior of mechanisms. Webble technology has been used to represent content and to implement direct manipulation functionalities. The implementation reported is in practical use within some moodle environment.

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Arnold O., Fujima J., P. Jantke K. and Tanaka Y. (2012). EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ABSTRACT BY DIRECT MANIPULATION OF THE CONCRETE . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-07-5, pages 100-107. DOI: 10.5220/0003916001000107


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Arnold O., Fujima J., P. Jantke K. and Tanaka Y. (2012). EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ABSTRACT BY DIRECT MANIPULATION OF THE CONCRETE . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-07-5, pages 100-107. DOI: 10.5220/0003916001000107


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@conference{csedu12,
author={Oksana Arnold and Jun Fujima and Klaus P. Jantke and Yuzuru Tanaka},
title={EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ABSTRACT BY DIRECT MANIPULATION OF THE CONCRETE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2012},
pages={100-107},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003916001000107},
isbn={978-989-8565-07-5},
}


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu12,
author={Oksana Arnold and Jun Fujima and Klaus P. Jantke and Yuzuru Tanaka},
title={EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ABSTRACT BY DIRECT MANIPULATION OF THE CONCRETE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2012},
pages={100-107},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003916001000107},
isbn={978-989-8565-07-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ABSTRACT BY DIRECT MANIPULATION OF THE CONCRETE
SN - 978-989-8565-07-5
AU - Arnold O.
AU - Fujima J.
AU - P. Jantke K.
AU - Tanaka Y.
PY - 2012
SP - 100
EP - 107
DO - 10.5220/0003916001000107


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ABSTRACT BY DIRECT MANIPULATION OF THE CONCRETE
SN - 978-989-8565-07-5
AU - Arnold O.
AU - Fujima J.
AU - P. Jantke K.
AU - Tanaka Y.
PY - 2012
SP - 100
EP - 107
DO - 10.5220/0003916001000107