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Teachers' Problem-Solving Skills in Technology-Rich Environments: A Call for Workplace Learning and Opportunities to Develop Professionally
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De Wever, Bram; Hämäläinen, Raija; Nissinen, Kari; Mannonen, Joonas; Van Nieuwenhove, Lisse – Studies in Continuing Education, 2023
This study focuses on the problem solving skills in technology-rich environments of teachers. PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) data on adults' (n = 11,294) competencies, is used to investigate how problem solving skills of teachers are associated with sociodemographic, work-related, and everyday-life related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Problem Solving, Skills
Control over Spatial Representation Format Enhances Information Extraction but Prevents Long-Term Learning
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Moritz, Julia; Meyerhoff, Hauke S.; Schwan, Stephan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Previous research has demonstrated that cognitive offloading (i.e., externalizing mental processes) is useful for immediate problem solving. However, long-term effects of cognitive offloading on subsequent problem solving without offloading are remarkably understudied. Our main goal was to investigate the effects of representation control (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Task Analysis, Problem Solving, Visualization
Problem-Based Learning in the Irish SME Workplace
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O'Brien, Emma; McCarthy, John; Hamburg, Ileana; Delaney, Yvonne – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to explore how in Irish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), problem-based learning (PBL) could possibly provide a paradigm which addresses two key research objectives: What are the learning needs and challenges faced by Irish SMEs? and How could PBL satisfy these needs through integrating formal and informal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Workplace Learning, Small Businesses
Informal Learning in Family Caregiving: A Worm's Eye View.
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Hasselkus, Betty R.; Ray, Robert O. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1988
The study examined the process of informal learning in the context of family caregiving for the frail elderly in the community. Sixty ethnographic interviews were conducted with 15 family caregivers. A model of informal learning as reflection-in-action emerged from the data. Five themes of meaning and six types of informal learning were derived…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Frail Elderly, Incidental Learning
Language Learning on the World Wide Web: An Investigation of EFL Learners' Attitudes and Perceptions.
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Yang, Shu Ching – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Describes the integration of Web resources as instructional and learning tools in an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) class in Taiwan. Highlights include challenges and advantages of using the Web; learners' perceptions; intentional and incidental learning; disorientation and cognitive overload; and information seeking as problem-solving. A…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Incidental Learning, Information Seeking, Intentional Learning
The User Interface of Expert Systems: What Recent Research Tells Us.
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White, Frank – Library Software Review, 1994
Discussion of expert systems and how they can be used focuses on recent research and empirically validated interface features. Highlights include immediate feedback; text brevity; graphics; explanations and human information processing abilities; novice user learning styles; multioption displays; users' mental models; incidental learning; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics