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Mulcahy, Robert Sean – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
When a course designed around cooperative, problem-centered instruction attracts learners with a wide range of experience in the topic, should learners be grouped heterogeneously or homogeneously in terms of their relative expertise? In this study, learners were randomly distributed between the two types of groups; learning gains, satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Problem Solving, Adult Students, Professional Development
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Polly, Drew; Hannafin, Michael J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
The American Psychological Association's "Learner-Centered Principles" provide empirically-based approaches to improving teaching and learning. However, in order to facilitate learner-centered, technology-rich instruction to K-12 students, teachers must be afforded opportunities to develop key understandings and skills, rarely evident in most…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education, Educational Research
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van Gog, Tamara; Sluijsmans, Dominique M. A.; Joosten-ten Brinke, Desiree; Prins, Frans J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
This article describes a blueprint for an online learning environment that is based on prominent instructional design and assessment theories for supporting learning in complex domains. The core of this environment consists of formative assessment tasks (i.e., assessment "for" learning) that center on professional situations. For each professional…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Formative Evaluation, Online Courses