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Belland, Brian R.; Walker, Andrew E.; Kim, Nam Ju; Lefler, Mason – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Computer-based scaffolding assists students as they generate solutions to complex problems, goals, or tasks, helping increase and integrate their higher order skills in the process. However, despite decades of research on scaffolding in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, no existing comprehensive meta-analysis has…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), STEM Education, Meta Analysis
DeSchryver, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation utilized a multiple case study design to explore how advanced learners synthesize information about ill-structured topics when reading-to-learn and reading-to-do on the Web. Eight graduate students provided data in the form of think-alouds, interviews, screen video, digital trails, and task artifacts. Data analysis was based on…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Case Studies, Internet, Graduate Students
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Tuquero, Jean Marie – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
This qualitative study utilized a meta-ethnographic approach to synthesize findings of five dissertations that focused on distance learning support services. The history of ethnographical studies stemmed from an anthropological background. Researchers have applied ethnographical approaches to examine and document various phenomena. This…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Ethnography, Doctoral Dissertations