11. Functional cognitive tool classifications, roles,
and principles of design and use
Functional Tool
Classifications
Roles of Tools Principles of Design
and Use
Example
1. Information Seeking Tools - Support learners as they attempt to
attempt to identify and locate relevant
locate relevant information
- Provide multiple perspectives via varied
perspectives via varied information
information seeking strategies (Cognitive
strategies (Cognitive Flexibility Theory)
1. Wikipedia
2.Google
2. Information Presentation Tools - Support learners as they attempt to
attempt to present the information they
information they encounter
- Provide multi-modal
representations(Cognitive Flexibility
Flexibility Theory)
- Reduce demands on working
working memory(Cognitive Load Theory)
1. Microsoft PowerPoint
3. Knowledge Organization Tools - Support learners as they attempt to
attempt to establish conceptual
- Avoid oversimplifications of complex
of complex conceptual schemata
1. Edraw Mind Map
2. Microsoft Visio
12. Functional cognitive tool classifications, roles,
Functional Tool
Classifications
Roles of Tools Principles of Design
and Use
Example
4. Knowledge Integration Tools - Support learners in connecting new
connecting new with existing
existing knowledge
- Facilitate the processing of content at
of content at deeper levels in order to
levels in order to construct personally
construct personally meaningful
meaningful knowledge
- Facilitate the sophistication of
sophistication of conceptual
conceptual understanding(Mental model
understanding(Mental model theory)
1. ThaiLis Database
2. Thai Journals Online (ThaiJO)
5. Knowledge Generation Tools - Support the manipulation and
manipulation and generation of
generation of knowledge
- Help learners to represent their newly
represent their newly generated
generated knowledge flexibly and
flexibly and meaningfully
- Encourage multiple perspective and
perspective and multi-modal knowledge
modal knowledge generation (Cognitive
generation (Cognitive Flexibility Theory)
1. C language
2. Visual.net
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