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Duesbery, Luke; Werblow, Jacob; Yovanoff, Paul – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2011
Scholars have argued that imprecise data graphics, specifically those displaying decorative dimensionality of data, may lead to inaccurate interpretations. Empirical tests of decorative dimensionality have produced mixed results. The literature also suggests that the effects of decorative dimensionality may depend on the cognitive demand of a…
Descriptors: Research Design, Data Analysis, Design, Administrators
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Mendez, Jose M.; Montanero, Manuel – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
This paper investigates the uses of various kinds of hypermedia format for history learning, which specifically emphasizes on the role of causal reasoning about history accounts. Three different groups in the last school year of Secondary Education (aged 16) studied the same materials about the Discovery of America in three different formats: (a)…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, History Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Secondary School Students
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Schwarz, Baruch B.; De Groot, Reuma – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2007
Critical reasoning has been recognized as a valuable educational goal since the end of the nineteenth century. However, the educational programs to reach this goal have changed dramatically during the twentieth century and moved to a dialogic approach. The shift to dialogism in programs to promote critical reasoning brings challenges concerning…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Teaching Methods