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How do you know? Personal epistemology and learning online [in Hebrew]

  • January 2011
  • In book: ICT, Learning and Teaching (pp.77-100)
  • Publisher: Or Yehuda, Israel: The Center for Academic Studies
  • Editors: Gila Kurz, David Chen
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Sarit Barzilai at University of Haifa
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רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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"?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
תורוקממ הדימלו תישיא היגולומטסיפא
*םינווקמ עדימ
*רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש
         
          

        
    
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        
      
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     

AASL, 2007
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Kuiper et al., 2005; Walraven et al., 2008
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Brem et al., 2001; Hoffman et al., 2003
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Wallace et
al., 2000
  
 

          


יטרואית עקר
תישיא היגולומטסיפא
 
      
         


         
Hofer & Pintrich, 1997; Buehl & Alexander, 2001
תימטסיפא תוחתפתה
Hofer &        
Pintrich, 1997
רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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Kuhn, 1991; Kuhn et al., 2000; Kuhn & Weinstock, 2002

—טלחומ עדי — Absolutism םזיטולוסבא
  

— הבורמ עדי —Multiplism םזילפיטלומ


          
           

—ךרעומ עדי —Evaluativism םזיביטיאולווא


        


  
Kuhn et al., 2000
תוימטסיפא תוסיפת
          
  
          
 Schommer, 1990; Schommer–Aikins, 2002   



      
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תוימטסיפא תוירואית
  

          

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 —עדיה תואדו


—עדיה תוטשפ
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 —עדיה רוקמ

      
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 — עדיה תקדצה


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היצינגוק–אטמו תישיא היגולומטסיפא

Kuhn, 2001; King
& Kitchener, 2002; Hofer, 2004

Kitchener, 1983
        Kuhn, 1999 


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הדימלו תישיא היגולומטסיפא
           
Buehl & Alexander, 2001; Hofer, 2001; Trautwein & Lüdtke, 2006 
Conley et al., 
Mason & Boscolo, 2004Schommer, 19902004
Mason & Scirica, 2006; Weinstock et al., 2006
        
  

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Kuhn et al., 2000;
HaerleElder, 2002; Manseld & Clinchy, 2002; Conley et al., 2004
& Bendixen, 2008
טנרטניאב הדימלו תישיא היגולומטסיפא
          


Bendixen & Hartley, 2003; Hofer, 2004; Bråten et al., 2005; Kienhues et al., 2008;
Mason & Boldrin, 2008; Tsai, 2008
     Hofer, 2004  
          
          



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Mason & Boldrin, 2008  


          
 

Tsai, 2004


          


—
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עדימ תורוקמ תכרעה



   
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et al., 2001; Britt & Aglinskas, 2002; Hoffman et al., 2003; Mason & Boldrin, 2008
      

עדימ תורוקמ גוזימ


  Rouet, 2006       


—

Wineburg, 1991; Wolfe & Goldman, 2005


KuiperWallace et al., 2000
et al., 2005
          
          —

Bråten & Strømsø, 2006; Bråten, 2008; Bråten et al., 2008
   

רקחמה תורטמ




          

 


רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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היגולודותמ



רקחמה יפתתשמ





רקחמה ילכ
          
—

עקר ינולאש


Kuhn et al., 2000; Tabak &
Weinstock, 2008
תונווקמה תולטמה


      

—"?אירב דלוקוש םאה" :החותפה הלטמה

           

—"?םיגומלאה תוינושב םיעגופ םיגדה יבולכ םאה" :הרוגסה הלטמה
         
         
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
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


לוקב הבישח




םיבקוע תונויאר
  
         

רקחמה ךלהמ

          

Camtasia

  
     



 


          



רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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
   Strauss & Corbin, 1990Grounded Theory  
Atlas 5.5



        

Tabachnick &       
Fidell, 1989
םיאצממ
תוימטסיפא תושיג
   


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תוימטסיפא תושיגל םידימלתה גוויס :1 'סמ הלבט
תונבםינבכ"הס
Absolutism
Multiplism
Evaluativism
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
          
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
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היצינגוקו הדימל :1 רעש
בשחמב שומיש
           



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םדוק עדי


—
——

M=3.50, SD=1.11
M=1.16, SD=1.15         
t(37)=9.55, p<0.001
t(36)= –.044, —    t(36)= –.876, p=0.387  
p=0.965
החותפה הלטמב שופיחה ינייפאמ


        
          

עדימ תורוקמ תכרעה
 

  

 
רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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תיגטרטסא עוציב תמר :עדימ תורוקמ תכרעה



       

 — ןכות תכרעה .א



 — רוקמה ינייפאמ יוהיז .ב

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
    

 — רוקמה תונימא תכרעה .ג
          

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 —תוכמס יפ–לע
 
Ynet
 —תויחמומ יפ–לע
—תוחכוה/רקחמ יפ–לע

 —היטה יפ–לע
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
         

       
          
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יביטינגוק–אטמ ימטסיפא עדי :עדימ תורוקמ תכרעה
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          
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      —  
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—
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  
       
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         






רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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תיגטרטסא עוציב תמר :עדימ תורוקמ גוזימ
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          

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 — רתאה תדמע יוהיז .א

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
        — םירתא ןיב האוושה .ב

       —   



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    — הבושתה תססובמ םהילעש םירתאה רפסמ .ג
       

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תיגטרטסאה עוציבה תמר יאצממ
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          
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— עדימ תורוקמ גוזימ תייגטרטסא לש עוציב ידממ :2 'סמ הלבט
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הרוגס הלטמ
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םינכירעמ םינטלחומ םינכירעמ םינטלחומ
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    
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    
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יביטינגוק–אטמ ימטסיפא עדי :עדימ תורוקמ גוזימ
?דחא רתאב הבושתה תא אוצמל רשפא םאה
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
—עדימה תונימז .א
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           
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— תונימא .ב
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         

—טבמ תודוקנ יוביר .ג
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רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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      
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תוכמסב וא תוריבסב שומיש .א
         
       
          
           

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הקדצהל םינוירטירקב שומיש .ב



Corroboration


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
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עדימ תורוקמ גוזימ .ג


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
 
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        
    
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םידגונמ עדימ תורוקמ םע תודדומתה תויגטרטסא תויוגלפתה :1 'סמ םישרת
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      
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
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םידימלת ןיב םילדבה
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רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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        


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
F(1,36)=6.85, —      
       p=0.013,η2=0.16
Wilks'Λ= 0.86, F(1,36)=5.87, —       
Wilks' –p=0.021,η2=0.14
Λ= 0.81, F(1,36)=8.47, p=0.006,η2=0.19
Wilks' Λ= 0.91, F(1,36)=3.70, p=0.062,
η2=0.09
Wilks'Λ= 0.89, F(1,36)=4.45, p=0.042,η2=0.11 —
t
Holm's Sequential Bonferroni Method

—

t(36)= —   t(36)= –3.99, p<0.001 —   
t–2.91, p=0.006
    

t(17)= –2.29, p=0.035—t(17)= –2.50, p=0.023 —
t ןחבמ תואצותו םיעצוממ — גוזימו הכרעה לש םימכסמ םינויצ :3 'סמ הלבט
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היצינגוקו הדימל :1 רעש
ןוידו תונקסמ
           
           
WHO, 2008
    
         
         





           

        
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



  

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םינווקמ עדימ תורוקמ לש הכרעהו גוזימ
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רהוז תנעו ילזרב תירש / "?םיעדוי םתא ךיא"
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            
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Kuhn et al., 2000
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          
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תויכוניח תוכלשה
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        
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          
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          
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         
        
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תורוקמ
    הדימלל "יגוגדפ קפוא"   
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ןונכתב השעמו הכלה
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הדימלה ךלהמב םיינעדימ םיכילהת חותיפל הוותמ :תונעדימ
עדימ תריתע הביבסב םידמול תולהנתהל תעדה ימוחת לש
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         
Kuhn et al., 2000
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           
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         
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