Facilitating Metacognitive Skill using Computer-Supported Multi-Reflective Learning: Case Study of MWP Solving

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show a framework to facilitate students’ metacognitive skill, named CIRCLE, an acronym for “Collaborative discussion, Interactive environment and Representation of thinking process for Computer-supported Learning Environment”. It is composed of three reflective learning supporters: an interactive Q/A environment, observable representations of thinking processes and a collaborative platform. In this paper, besides the explanation of the conceptual design of the CIRCLE framework, its implementation on a specific domain, the Mathematical Word Problem (MWP) solving domain, is also illustrated. The MathReflect system is a case study of the CIRCLE implementation. It is designed as a system to train metacognitive skills in solving MWP. In MathReflect, students are encouraged to reflect on their problem solving process by interactive metacognitive questioning environment, and then their problem solving processes are captured as Q/A sequences and Inferential Diagrams. Finally, Q/A sequences and Inferential Diagrams are used as discussion materials in peer’s inspection session which corresponds to the collaborative platform in the CIRCLE framework.