Knowing the Stability of Model Rockets
A Study of Learning in Interest-Based Practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7096712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Flávio S Azevedo (0000-0003-4059-2867, University of Massachusetts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 345-374 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognition and Instruction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0737-0008 • E-ISSN: 1532-690X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07370008.2013.799168 |
| OpenAlex | W1980986906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article adds to sociocultural theories of learning by investigating knowing and learning in the hobby of model rocketry. Hobbies are paradigmatic of interest-based, long-term pursuits and studying the tailored practices the rocketeers craft for themselves sheds further light on the relationship between the nature of practices and the learning processes that emerge in their enactment. My window into this issue is the core problem of determining the stability of model rockets, across phases of design, construction, and flying. Using ethnographic and experimental data, I catalog the various individual and collective ways of knowing rocket stability and articulate the manners in which they operate to foster and sustain the highly tailored pursuits characteristic of interest-based practices
Core (optical fiber · Craft · Epistemology · Hobby · Machine learning · Mathematics education · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Stability (learning theory · Term (time · Visual arts · Window (computing · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Computer Science · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology
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To Level the Playing Field, Develop Interest
Affective atmospheres and skatepark sessions
Interest development, self-related information processing, and practice
Communities of Practice
The Psychology of Literacy
Cognition in the Wild
How a Cockpit Remembers Its Speeds
Toward an Epistemology of Physics
Observing sociocultural activity on three planes
Guiding Principles for Fostering Productive Disciplinary Engagement
Expansive Learning at Work
The Four-Phase Model of Interest Development
The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences
Interest and Self-Sustained Learning as Catalysts of Development
Changing Minds
Ethnography
Tricks of the Trade
Firsthand Learning Through Intent Participation
Cognition in Practice
Situated Learning
Knowledge at Work
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |