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Designing and Evaluating a Mobile Peer Tutoring Application: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory Approach
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Seng Chee Tan; Chee Kit Looi; Yin Ling Cheung; Sheng Hung Chung; Starion Junhan Lim; Wai Hoe Wong – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This study focuses on university students' experience of peer tutoring supported by a mobile application called MENTOR (Mobile Education Networked Tutoring On Request) that was developed by the research team. The development of the mobile application was underpinned by theories related to self-directed learning, self-regulated learning, students'…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Synchronous Communication, Student Attitudes, Computer Software
To Guide or Not to Guide: Issues in the Sequencing of Pedagogical Structure in Computational Model-Based Learning
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Jacobson, Michael J.; Kim, Beaumie; Pathak, Suneeta; Zhang, BaoHui – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
This research explores issues related to the sequencing of structure that is provided as pedagogical guidance. A study was conducted that involved grade 10 students in Singapore as they learned concepts about electricity using four NetLogo Investigations of Electricity agent-based models. It was found that the low-to-high structure learning…
Descriptors: Grade 10, High School Students, Energy, Pretests Posttests
Designing a Web-Based Constructivist Learning Environment
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Wang, Qiyun – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
The constructivist learning environment was designed on three perspectives: pedagogical, social and technological. A group of 24 trainee teachers used the environment and participated in the formative evaluation. Results showed that the trainee teachers liked the design specifications and perceived the learning environment to be useful. The…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Formative Evaluation, Educational Technology, Internet
Investigating Critical Thinking and Knowledge Construction in an Interactive Learning Environment
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Wang, Qiyun; Woo, Huay Lit; Zhao, Jianhua – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
Critical thinking and knowledge construction have become essential competencies for people in the new information age. In this study, we designed an interactive learning environment involving three forms of interaction: individual reflections, group collaboration and, class discussions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to…
Descriptors: Interaction, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Content Analysis