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Wanqing Hu; Ruiyan Huang; Yanyan Li – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Researchers are increasingly calling for more computational thinking (CT) teaching tools and activities designed for young children. Considering young children's need to draw on their bodily experiences to learn abstract concepts, this study applied the embodied cognition perspective to design an unplugged (non-computer-based) toolkit with…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Learning Activities, Mental Computation, Young Children
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Oh, Eunjung Grace; Kim, Hyun Song – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to explore how adult learners engage in asynchronous online discussion through the implementation of an audio-based argumentation activity. The study designed scaffolded audio-based argumentation activities to promote students' cognitive engagement. The research was conducted in an online graduate course at a liberal…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Persuasive Discourse, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
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Littlefield, Robert S.; Rick, Jessica M.; Currie-Mueller, Jenna L. – Journal of General Education, 2016
This study explored the intersection between service learning and general education outcomes through the self-reported perceptions of 382 college students participating in an intercultural communication course that satisfied the general education requirement at a midsized Upper Plains research university for studying cultural diversity. The data…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Service Learning, General Education, Outcomes of Education