Learning Sciences

For both the ones who encounter "Flow Theory" for the first time and the ones who have encountered before and had a notion about the theory, this video will be very helpful to see what Flow Theory says, and what are the moments that you experience flow.

"You know that what you need to do is possible to do, even though difficult, and sense of time disappears. You forget yourself. You feel part of something larger." I really liked this quote of him. :)

:D Benim de hayatımda ki her şey dönüp dolaşıp motivationa ve curiositye bağlanıyor sanırım :) Harika bir video, Beyin bedava :)

keyifli okumlar : )

This testing is depend on ıtem response theory(IRT) that is about to measure students ability to ask questions by considering the previous answers. It is highly related to cognitive tutoring. At they point tutoring goes on during the testing process.

The article from International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education focuses on the hypothesis that an intelligent tutoring system that provides guidance with respect to students'meta-cognitive abilities can help them to become better learners.

I think the research design they follow is detailed, there is development of a model and then validation of it over time. I have checked one of the authors' recent publications and realized that he has researches on self-regulation during learning ,example-tracing tutors, interesting concepts to examine.

A good illustration for flow.

That is the image Csikszentmihalyi showed and talked about it and I totally agree that the danger zone is "apathy" Most of the teachers should have experienced lots of problems with their students as they have apahty.

"Flow is when tasks seem effortless, challenging, and rewarding - all at the same time."

nice brief summary

Yes, the sentences and phrases explain everything, thanks.

the graphical illustration is really nice in the video

This is a study conducted in Turkey for adapting a scale on Cognitive Absorption. As I understand it is a concept that takes into account absorption, cognitive engagement and flow as a framework. I wonder what other concepts might there be, that takes flow theory as a base, can be good to highlight.

Relevance? Could it be a factor for motivation?

This is the activity which is mentioned in the reading// A cognitive theory of Challenge.

-Why are you doing this? -I just felt like running!

Kiewslovski movie! I especially like the scene when father and son calculate whether the son could skate safely or not. He has a great deal of curiosity and father leads his motivation via scientific methods;)

definitely Sinem :)) you summarized the kid's motivation and situation very well :))

I guess everyone of us played that game with a very clear goal: to save the princess! There was a hidden power which kept us hours and hours playing that game, now we now what it is: Flow! :)

Here is an article on computer based tutoring and metacognition within the context of medical informatics.