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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Educational Research</journalTitle>
<eissn>2333-4770</eissn>
<publicationDate>2015-01-05</publicationDate>
<volume>3</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<startPage>16</startPage>
<endPage>19</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/education-3-1-4</doi>
<publisherRecordId>EDUCATION2015314</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">On the Flip Side of the Coin: Thinking Dispositions in Learning Blogs</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Kurtz Gila</name>
<email>kurtzgila@gmail.com</email>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Peleg Ela</name>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>

</authors>
<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">School of Education, The College for Academic Studies, Or-Yehuda, Israel</affiliationName>

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<abstract language="eng">This paper describes a study of a blog, a web 2.0 application, as a learning tool for promoting thinking dispositions. The study was conducted at the College for Academic Studies in Israel, in the Master Program of ICT and Learning. Data was collected from a sample of students' blogs using rubric for the study. The results show that students' postings displayed evidence of thinking dispositions processes. In almost all blogs there were indications of a variety of thinking dispositions In addition, the findings indicate an increase in frequency of 2.3 representations of habits of mind during the period of this study.</abstract>
<fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/3/1/4/education-3-1-4.pdf</fullTextUrl>
<keywords language="eng"><keyword>learning blog</keyword>
<keyword>thinking dispositions</keyword>
<keyword>development</keyword>
<keyword>quality thinking</keyword>
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