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Article: Meanings Are Acquired From Experiencing Differences Against A Background Of Sameness, Rather Than From Experiencing Sameness Against A Background Of Difference: Putting A Conjecture To The Test By Embedding It In A Pedagogical Tool
Title | Meanings Are Acquired From Experiencing Differences Against A Background Of Sameness, Rather Than From Experiencing Sameness Against A Background Of Difference: Putting A Conjecture To The Test By Embedding It In A Pedagogical Tool |
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Keywords | Variation theory Discernment Critical experiment |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.sfu.ca/flr/index.php/journal |
Citation | Frontline Learning Research, 2013, v. 1 n. 1, p. 24-41 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In helping learners to make a novel meaning their own, such as when helping children to understand what a word means or teaching students a new concept in school, we frequently point to examples that share the aimed-at meaning but differ otherwise. This type of approach rests on the assumption that novel meanings can be acquired through the experience of sameness against a background of difference. This paper argues that this assumption is unfounded and that the opposite is the case: we make novel meanings our own through the experience of differences against a background of sameness. We put this conjecture to the test in an experimental study by embedding it in a computer game and the results support the conjecture. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/203481 |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.745 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Marton, F | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pang, MF | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-19T15:16:53Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-19T15:16:53Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Frontline Learning Research, 2013, v. 1 n. 1, p. 24-41 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2295-3159 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/203481 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In helping learners to make a novel meaning their own, such as when helping children to understand what a word means or teaching students a new concept in school, we frequently point to examples that share the aimed-at meaning but differ otherwise. This type of approach rests on the assumption that novel meanings can be acquired through the experience of sameness against a background of difference. This paper argues that this assumption is unfounded and that the opposite is the case: we make novel meanings our own through the experience of differences against a background of sameness. We put this conjecture to the test in an experimental study by embedding it in a computer game and the results support the conjecture. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.sfu.ca/flr/index.php/journal | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Frontline Learning Research | en_US |
dc.subject | Variation theory | - |
dc.subject | Discernment | - |
dc.subject | Critical experiment | - |
dc.title | Meanings Are Acquired From Experiencing Differences Against A Background Of Sameness, Rather Than From Experiencing Sameness Against A Background Of Difference: Putting A Conjecture To The Test By Embedding It In A Pedagogical Tool | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Pang, MF: pangmf@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Pang, MF=rp00946 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.14786/flr.v1i1.16 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84921323428 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 238888 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 24 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 41 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Belgium | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2295-3159 | - |