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Boucheix, Jean-Michel; Lowe, Richard K.; Putri, Dian K.; Groff, Jonathan – Learning and Instruction, 2013
The effectiveness of animations containing two novel forms of animation cueing that target relations between event units rather than individual entities was compared with that of animations containing conventional entity-based cueing or no cues. These relational event unit cues ("progressive path" and "local coordinated" cues) were specifically…
Descriptors: Animation, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Eye Movements
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Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The aim of the present study was to investigate how situational interest develops over time and how it is related to academic achievement in an active-learning classroom. Five measures of situational interest were administered at critical points in time to 69 polytechnic students during a one-day, problem-based learning session. Results revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, College Students
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Ainsworth, Shaaron; Burcham, Sarah – Learning and Instruction, 2007
Previous research has shown that encouraging learners to explain material to themselves as they study can increase their understanding. Furthermore, different types of material (e.g. text or diagrams) influence learners' self-explanation behaviour. This study explores whether the coherence of text impacts upon the self-explanation effect.…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Models