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Did the Assignment Do What You Wanted? Examining the Correlations between Learning Processes and Class Assessments
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Clump, Michael A.; Sandoval, Melanie – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2010
We examined the correlations between students' scores on the "Inventory of Learning Processes" (Schmeck, Ribich, & Ramanaiah, 1977) and on the different assessments in a cognitive psychology course (and the total points). We determined that many of the assessments evaluated the type of learning the instructor wanted the students to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Learning Processes, Assignments, Teacher Effectiveness
Design Principles of Worked Examples: A Review of the Empirical Studies
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Shen, Chun-Yi; Tsai, Hui-Chun – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
Many researchers investigated the efficacy of using worked examples in classroom instruction and provided evidence in the effectiveness of worked example instruction in mathematics, computer programming, physics, and etc. However, there are limited studies in worked example design. The purpose of this study is to generate the instructional design…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Research Reports, Literature Reviews, Demonstrations (Educational)
Changes to Students' Learning Processes Following Instruction on the Topic
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Clump, Michael A. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2005
Previous research indicates that students' learning styles, as assessed by the Inventory of Learning Processes (ILP; Schmeck, Ribich, & Ramanaiah, 1977), change during college. Additionally, prior research indicates that teaching students about their learning styles enables them to change those learning styles. The current study investigated…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Cognitive Style, College Students, Instructional Effectiveness
The Impact of Formative Feedback on Student Learning in an Online Classroom
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Klecker, Beverly M. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2007
This exploratory research study examined the impact of using feedback from weekly multiple-choice tests on final exam scores and students' IDEA course ratings. The teacher researcher taught two sections (N=33; N=34) of a graduate-level, semester-long, online course in advanced human growth and development. Each section had identical course…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Online Courses, Multiple Choice Tests, Feedback (Response)
Examining the Effectiveness of Innovative Instructional Methods on Reducing Statistics Anxiety for Graduate Students in the Social Sciences
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Pan, Wei; Tang, Mei – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2004
Statistics anxiety is prevalent among students whose academic background has little statistical training. The development and psychometric properties of statistics anxiety scales and the factors affecting statistics anxiety have been extensively studied for more than twenty years, but few studies focused on how to reduce the statistics anxiety for…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Psychometrics, Social Sciences, Graduate Students
Peer Evaluation as an Active Learning Technique
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Reese-Durham, Nancy – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2005
An action research was carried out during the fall 2003 term. Nineteen students in an Applied Research in Education course at Fayetteville State University, North Carolina were participants in the study to determine the impact of using peers in the evaluation of a partial research paper. The answers to three questions were sought: 1) To what…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Action Research