@inproceedings{eb5336c09ef740798fd794393d4f8713,
title = "Probing technology as affordances for negotiating meaning in the elementary science classroom - A participation perspective",
abstract = "Probing technologies are assumed to augment and speed inquiry learning. However, in practice, handheld-based classroom practice is regarded as only having scratched the surface of what is possible. The purpose of this article is to propose regarding the probe as a catalyst for negotiating meaning in inquiry learning activities. Viewed from a participation-framework perspective, we claim that probing technologies trigger the cycle of, and interplay between, reified object generation (numbers, graphs,⋯) and engaged participation among learners. An analysis of a probe-supported inquiry activity in a grade 5 elementary classroom is conducted. Three episodes in an inquiry classroom reveal the focusing and reified effects of probes in enhancing meaning negotiation, and in supporting student-driven exploration. The function of probes in both emergent and instantaneous aspects of learning is also discussed.",
keywords = "Meaning-making, Participation, Probing technology",
author = "Chen, {Fei Ching} and Jiang, {Huo Ming} and Yang, {Jie Chi} and Lee, {Yu Wei}",
year = "2006",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
isbn = "9781586036874",
series = "Learning by Effective Utilization of Technologies: Facilitating Intercultural Understanding, Proceeding of the 14th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2006",
booktitle = "Learning by Effective Utilization of Technologies",
note = "14th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2006 ; Conference date: 30-11-2006 Through 04-12-2006",
}