The Promotion of Active Learning by OpenCourseWare－A Case of a Calculus Course

• Main Authors: Ching-Kai Peng, 彭敬凱
• Other Authors: Lin-Tsang Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92697924263828707107

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 應用數學系所 === 103 === Knowledge circulates all over the world rapidly in this advanced network age. The circulation of OpenCourseWare let the students in different schools learn all kinds of educational resource. One of the differences in learning outcomes between OpenCourseWare and traditional education is the capability of active learning. This study is designed to find the strong capabilities of active learning and generalize them, in order to make students learn more efficiently by using OpenCourseWare. Through the theorems of Piaget, Walton''s theorem of Problem-based Learning, Harter''s theorem of Goal-orientation Learning and the MSLQ, we identify three different types of active learning, such as Problem-based Learning, Intrinsic Goal-orientation Learning and Extrinsic Goal-orientation Learning. The study is based on the pre-course of calculus from National Chung Hsing University OpenCourseWare, since calculus is a basis course of mathematic in university and has a strong connection with high school math. In the other way, the freshmen must have the capability of active learning to pass the pre-course of calculus without some direct educational environment such as teachers and classrooms, which they are familiar with. After the analysis of statistics, we generalize the properties of active learning and find that Problem-based Learning and Intrinsic Goal-orientation Learning promote the learning outcomes of OpenCourseWare, which will help students to pass the pre-course more efficiently. Also, By using Problem-based Learning and Intrinsic Goal-orientation Learning, it improves the problems caused by passive-learning in classroom.