Using augmentations as bridges from concrete to abstract representations
Guillaume Zufferey, Patrick Jermann, Son Do-Lenh, Pierre Dillenbourg · 2009
We describe a pedagogical approach supporting the acqui-sition of abstraction skills by apprentices in logistics. Ap-prentices start with a concrete representation in the form of a small-scale model which aims at engaging them in learn-ing activities. Multiple External Representations are used to progressively introduce more abstract representations dis-played on paper-based forms called TinkerSheets. We present the implementation of this approach on the TinkerTable, a tabletop learning environment which is used in two profes-sional schools by four different teachers. We report observa-tions of the use of the environment at different stages of the curriculum with first- and second-year apprentices.