We describe a pedagogical approach supporting the acquisition of abstraction skills by apprentices in logistics. Apprentices start with a concrete representation in the form of a small-scale model which aims at engaging them in learning activities. Multiple External Representations are used to progressively introduce more abstract representations displayed 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 professional schools by four different teachers. We report observations of the use of the environment at different stages of the curriculum with first- and second-year apprentices.
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Guillaume Zufferey
Patrick Jermann
Son Do-Lenh
Pierre Dillenbourg
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Publication date:
September
2009
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(Print):
September
2009
Pages: 130-139
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[0001]Center for Research and Support of Learning and its Technologies
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
1015 Lausanne, Switzerland