Reflective Assessment for Deep Learning and Knowledge Building: An Empirical Case in China

by Chunlin Lei

Overview

Knowledge building aims to transform schools into learning communities and bring knowledge creation into schools. The book therefore elaborates on how learning, technology, and assessment can be aligned both online and offline to facilitate such a process.

Adopting a quasi-experimental design and drawing on rich data from forum discussions, questionnaires, interviews, learning outcomes, and classroom presentations, this book shows that the knowledge building environment, augmented by reflective assessment and principles, helped Chinese students to develop a deeper approach to learning, improved academic performance, and promoted collective knowledge advances. The book also discusses the potentials and challenges of designing technology-supported, assessment- and principle-based learning environments in tertiary contexts, especially when deep learning and knowledge building capacity are greatly emphasised in the knowledge era.

The book will be of interest to scholars and educators working in learning sciences and computer-supported collaborative learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032788159
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/27/2025
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Chunlin Lei is deputy dean and associate professor at the School of Languages, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. He received his PhD from the University of Hong Kong and has published over 40 research articles and book chapters in the areas of knowledge building and L2 learning.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction  2 Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Environments  3 Alignment of Learning, Assessment, Collaboration and Instruction  4 Research Design  5 Intructional Effects on Learning Approaches, Collaboration and Academic performances  6 Knowledge Building Processes and their Relationship with Academic Performance and Understanding  7 Characterizing Collaborative Knowledge Building  8 Reflective Assessment for Collective Knowledge Advances  9 Designing Knowledge Building Environments in China  10 Conclusion and Future Directions