Schedule (TENTATIVE)

Registration begins 7:30 am (with Continental Breakfast).

(8:30-10:30 the room is used by another workshop)

11:00 - 11:30 Welcoming Introductions

Workshop participants introduce themselves. We'll begin with those who are NOT presenting, in case we run out of time.

11:30-12:30 Example #1

Presenter: Suthers

Topic:

Reasoning about evidence in public health

Context:

Two students in laboratory setting try to make sense of a sequence of information by using "evidence maps"

Framing Questions:

1. Representations as Epistemic Forms/Games for Reasoning: How representations and their associated tasks prompt certain kinds of collaborative reasoning.
2. Representations as Diectic Aids: How representations enable easy expression of ideas through gesturing.
3. Representations as External Memory: How representations coordinate collaborative work on a complex task by recording information.
4. Semantic Appropriation of the Representations: How users negotiate their own meanings for the representations to meet their immediate needs.

11:30 - 11:45

Suthers presents example with multiple framing questions

11:45 - 12:15

Breakout groups (3-4) discuss example, each with own framing question

12:15 - 12:30

Reconvene and compare analyses

12:30-1:30 Lunch

We hope to arrange something nearby.

1:30-2:15 Intellectual Dessert Buffet

Bring handouts, posters, video examples, or software demonstrations. Set up a station in the room. Discuss your work with others who are circulating around the room.

2:15-3:00 Example #2

Presenter: Enyedy

Topic:

Basic probability theory

Context:

Pairs of students predict and explain with tree representation of probability. Full class dicussion follows.

Framing Questions:

1. How can representations that expose the structure of a phenomenon bias interaction towards understanding of that phenomenon?
2. How does discourse about representations move from small group to full group discussion?

2:15-2:30

Enyedy presents example.

2:30-2:45

Small Group Discussion

2:45-3:00

Full Group Discussion

3:30-5:00 Examples #3, 4, 5

Presenter: Johnson

Topic:

Models of magnetism

Context:

Three students work together with a computer to explore and extend their working model of magnetism.

Framing Questions:

1. How did the group use the computer screen to support their idea construction/ comparison activity? Specifically, what roles did the computer screen play in the group's development of shared language and taken-as-shared meanings and interpretations, which represented the group's development of a working model of magnetism?

Presenter: Luckin

Topic:

Darwin and the Galapagos Islands

Context:

Groups of 2-3 students work with multimedia presentations that vary on narrative organization

Framing Questions:

1. How is the narrative structure of representations reflected in the students' own narratives?
2. (How) can CORFU charts help us understand the collaborative use of representations?

Presenter: Steinmuller

Topic:

Evolution

Context:

Pairs of students give poster presentations of their conclusions, using graphs etc.

Framing Questions:

1. How do students come to see representations as tools for *persuasion* and not simply tools that tell the "answer" to questions.
2. How can collaborative use of representations in group presentations be used for assessment?

3:30-4:00

Each example gives 10 minute presentation to full group.

4:00-4:30

Breakout groups discuss examples

4:30-5:00

Breakout groups report back with full group discussion (10 minutes each)

5:00-5:30 Wrapup

Full group discussion of conclusions and directions

Dinner Together