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Jingjing Ma; Qingtang Liu; Shufan Yu; Xiaojuan Li; Jindian Liu – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
In science education, the abstraction and complexity of scientific concepts are usually stumbling blocks that prevent students from learning science. Recently, augmented reality (AR) has offered transformative potential to support scientific concept learning by visualizing scientific phenomena and enhancing students' experiences. However, the lack…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Processes
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Al-Abdullatif, Ahlam Mohammed; Aladsani, Hibah Khalid – SAGE Open, 2021
Employing social network sites (SNSs) for academic purposes has been investigated in the literature; however, there is not enough scientific knowledge about university instructors' behavioral perceptions and values that drive their academic use of SNSs. Therefore, a systematic cognitive framework, regarding SNSs academic usage, is beneficial to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Social Media, College Faculty, Technology Uses in Education
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Betul Cebesoy, Umran; Karisan, Dilek – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2022
Background: It is now essential for students to learn in the science classroom about climate change and the part they can play in ameliorating its consequences. This requires science teachers to have a secure understanding of climate change. Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a two-day outdoor educational…
Descriptors: Science Education, Climate, Science Teachers, Instructional Effectiveness
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Ahmet Tasdere; Mehmet Fatih Kaya – Science Education International, 2023
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of the Common Knowledge Construction Model (CKCM) on 10th-grade students' conceptual understanding of the buoyancy and density of liquids topic. Within a pre-experimental (one group pre-test/post-test) research design, this study was conducted with 22 of 10th-grade students. To collect data, the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Grade 10
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Lin, Kuen-Yi; Wu, Ying-Tien; Hsu, Yi-Ting; Williams, P. John – International Journal of STEM Education, 2021
Background: This study focuses on probing preservice technology teachers' cognitive structures and how they construct engineering design in technology-learning activities and explores the effects of infusing an engineering design process into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) project-based learning to develop preservice…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Technology Education, STEM Education, Preservice Teachers
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Tucker, Virginia M. – Education for Information, 2021
Learning the essential concepts and skills of information architecture (IA) has the potential to not only significantly extend the abilities of practicing library and information science (LIS) professionals, but also to evolve their professional identities and envisioned career opportunities. An online course on IA was designed around: the…
Descriptors: Information Management, Librarians, Job Skills, Cognitive Structures
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Wang, Amber Y.; Preacher, Kristopher J.; Malone, Amelia S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Pachmayr, Rachel – Exceptional Children, 2021
The purposes of this study were to assess the effects of fractions intervention for students who are at risk for poor outcomes and to examine whether a component that combines self-regulated learning with growth-mindset instruction (SR-GM) provides added value for improving outcomes. At-risk students (N = 84) were randomly assigned to three…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Fractions, Intervention, Elementary School Mathematics
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Chew, Stephen L.; Cerbin, William J. – Journal of Economic Education, 2021
The authors describe a research-based conceptual framework of how students learn that can guide the design, implementation, and troubleshooting of teaching practice. The framework consists of nine interacting cognitive challenges that teachers need to address to enhance student learning. These challenges include student mental mindset,…
Descriptors: Learning, Cognitive Structures, Metacognition, Self Management
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Sockol, Laura E.; Ellison, William D.; Stutts, Lauren A.; Knouse, Laura E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2021
Background: Many students report negative attitudes toward research methods and statistics (RMS), and these attitudes are associated with impaired performance. Student interest in clinical psychology suggests that clinical courses may provide a promising venue for integrating RMS instruction. This approach may be particularly valuable for students…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Research Methodology, Research Training, Statistics Education