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THE HIDDEN CLASSROOM: A LOOK BEHIND THE FAÇADE OF LEARNING . - Peter Liljedahl. Pretending to try to solve a problem. Doing their French homework in their Mathematics classroom. Pretending to be using a cell phone as a calculator. Copying homework from someone else. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE HIDDEN CLASSROOM: A LOOK BEHIND THE FAÇADE OF LEARNING
- Peter Liljedahl
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THE PHENOMENON
• Pretending to try to solve a problem.• Doing their French homework in their
Mathematics classroom.• Pretending to be using a cell phone as a calculator. • Copying homework from someone else.• Mimicking the teacher’s example.• Sharpening their pencil.• Passive note taking.• Pretending to have done homework.• Pretending to be collaborating. • Pretending to be doing in-class assignments. • Pretending to be studying.• Pretending to be reading.• Forgot something in the locker. • Going to the bathroom.
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THE PHENOMENON
Common Traits• there is a façade (seems to be directional)• it subverts the teacher’s intentions (not
always deliberately)• it isn’t learning!
SO WHAT TO CALL IT?
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STUDENTING
The concept of studenting or pupiling is far and away the more parallel concept to that of teaching. [..] there is much more to studenting than learning how to learn. In the school setting, studenting includes getting along with one’s teachers, coping with one’s peers, dealing with one’s parents about begin a student, and handling the non-academic aspects of school life.
(Fenstermacher, 1986, p. 39)
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STUDENTING
[T]hings that students do such as ‘psyching out’ teachers, figuring out how to get certain grades, ‘beating the system’, dealing with boredom so that it is not obvious to teachers, negotiating the best deals on reading and writing assignments, threading the right line between curricular and extra-curricular activities, and determining what is likely to be on the test and what is not.
(Fenstermacher, 1994, p. 1)
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STUDENTING
Studenting is what students do while in a learning situation.
conducive to learning conforms with the teacher’s wishes
OR NOTOR NOT
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GAMING
gaming
conforminglearning
studenting
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METHODOLOGY
Taxonomy Testing• f
ocused observation, field notes, interviews
• analytic induction
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INITIAL CONTEXTS
• now you try one (PME 2013*)– grade 10
• homework (PME-NA 2013*)– grade 10-12
• note taking (TBD)– grade 12
• …* with Darien Allan
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NOW YOU TRY ONE
Slacking(n=3)
Checking Un-derstanding
(n=6)
Stalling(n=4)
Faking (n=2)Mimicking
(n=18)
catching up on notes (n=0)
N=33
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NOW YOU TRY ONE
gaming82%
N=33
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HOMEWORK
Grade N n Marking
10 32 20 random check for completion
10 30 20 random check for completion
11 31 20 random selection of questions marked
11 33 20 not marked
12 28 20 not marked
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HOMEWORK
Marked(n=60)
Not Marked(n=40)
Marked(n=60)
Not Marked(n=40)
Didn't Do It 15 16 Got Help 18 12
I forgot 5 3 Felt they would fail quiz 6 1
I was busy 4 2 Felt they would pass quiz 3 3
I tried, but I couldn't do it 3 3 Felt they would excel 9 8
I took a chance 3 0 Did it On Their Own 13 11
It wasn't worth marks 0 8 Mimicked from notes 4 5
Cheated 14 1 Did not mimic from notes 6 6
Copied 7 1 Mimicked but completed 3 0
Faked 5 0
Half homework risk 2 0
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HOMEWORK
Marked(n=60)
Not Marked(n=40)
Marked(n=60)
Not Marked(n=40)
Didn't Do It 15 16 Got Help 18 12
I forgot 5 3 Felt they would fail quiz 6 1
I was busy 4 2 Felt they would pass quiz 3 3
I tried, but I couldn't do it 3 3 Felt they would excel 9 8
I took a chance 3 0 Did it On Their Own 13 11
It wasn't worth marks 0 8 Mimicked from notes 4 5
Cheated 14 1 Did not mimic from notes 6 6
Copied 7 1 Mimicked but completed 3 0
Faked 5 0
Half homework risk 2 0
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HOMEWORK
gaming65%
Marked (n=60)
gaming48%
Not Marked (n=40)
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NOTE TAKING
keep up n=11
TAKE NOTES
don’t n=3
don’t use notes n=27
yesn=3
don’t keep up n=16
USE NOTES TO STUDYN=30
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NOTE TAKING
TAKE NOTES
gaming 90%
gaming 63%
USE NOTES TO STUDY
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TAXONOMY OF GAMING
GAMINGALTERNATE IDEAS
preferred learni ng sty le
teacher is wrong
institutional norms
BEATING THE SYSTEM
avoidance
economy of action
doing being
practical rati onality
…
NO FAÇADE (unintentional)wrong objective
wrong rul es
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THEORIZING ABOUT STUDENTS
• doing being … a student (Sacks)• practical rationality (Aaron)• law of least effort (Kahnemann) • motivation and avoidance (Hannula)• didactic tension (Mason)• goal regulation (Hannula)• self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan)
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THEORIZING ABOUT TEACHERS
PROBLEMS PRESENTED IN OTHER RESEARCH:• are seen as social engineering → teaching methods
are seen as solutions in need of a problem• are far removed from individual teachers’ classrooms• are seen as abstract or theoretical • represent an ideal• do not easily bridge to the practical• are often seen as systemic
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THEORIZING ABOUT TEACHERS
THESE RESULTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, …• are recognizably problematic • are a recognizable reality• have verisimilitude• are familiar• provide a reality checkYET …• are seen as important to change• are within the realm of things that can be changed
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Q & A
QUESTIONS and ABUSE
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HOMEWORK
Marked(n=60)
Not Marked(n=40)
Marked(n=60)
Not Marked(n=40)
Didn't Do It 15 16 Got Help 18 12
I forgot 5 3 Felt they would fail quiz 6 1
I was busy 4 2 Felt they would pass quiz 3 3
I tried, but I couldn't do it 3 3 Felt they would excel 9 8
I took a chance 3 0 Did it On Their Own 13 11
It wasn't worth marks 0 8 Mimicked from notes 4 5
Cheated 14 1 Did not mimic from notes 6 6
Copied 7 1 Mimicked but completed 3 0
Faked 5 0
Half homework risk 2 0
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HOMEWORK
gaming45%
Marked (n=60)
gaming38%
Not Marked (n=40)
