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Kantisa, Piyapan; Sitthitikul, Pragasit – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2018
This article aims to provide an extensive review of web-based instruction (WBI), implemented within the realm of English language teaching (ELT). WBI is a teaching method that utilizes computer technology to promote learning experiences by leveraging the internet and web applications. It is suggested that educators carefully consider the related…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Park, Seong Ik; Lee, Gyumin; Kim, Meekyoung – Computers & Education, 2009
The purposes of this study were to examine the effects of two types of interactive computer simulations and of prior knowledge levels on concept comprehension, cognitive load, and learning efficiency. Seventy-two 5th grade students were sampled from two elementary schools. They were divided into two groups (high and low) based on prior knowledge…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Prior Learning, Educational Technology, Grade 5
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Liu, Han-Chin; Chuang, Hsueh-Hua – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
This study investigated how the format of verbal instructions in computer simulations and prior knowledge (PK) affected 8th graders' cognitive load (CL) level and achievement in a multimedia learning environment. Although PK was not found to significantly affect student performance and CL level, instruction format was found to impact both.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Prior Learning, Grade 8
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Thompson, Kate; Reimann, Peter – Computers & Education, 2010
A classification system that was developed for the use of agent-based models was applied to strategies used by school-aged students to interrogate an agent-based model and a system dynamics model. These were compared, and relationships between learning outcomes and the strategies used were also analysed. It was found that the classification system…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Models
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Howard, Keith E.; Anderson, Kenneth A. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2010
Stereotype threat research has demonstrated how presenting situational cues in a testing environment, such as raising the salience of negative stereotypes, can adversely affect test performance (Perry, Steele, & Hilliard, 2003; Steele & Aronson, 1995) and expectancy (Cadinu, Maass, Frigerio, Impagliazzo, & Latinotti, 2003; Stangor,…
Descriptors: Cues, Stereotypes, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries
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Despotakis, Theofanis C.; Palaigeorgiou, George E.; Tsoukalas, Ioannis A. – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Animated demonstrations are increasingly used for presenting the functionality of various computer applications. Nevertheless, our understanding of whether and how students integrate this technology into their learning strategies remains limited. Although, several studies have examined animated demonstrations' learning efficiency, this study aims…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Animation
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Vreman-de Olde, Cornelise; de Jong, Ton – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
In this study we investigated the design of assignments by students as a knowledge-generating activity. Students were required to design assignments for 'other students' in a computer simulation environment about electrical circuits. Assignments consisted of a question, alternatives, and feedback on those alternatives. In this way, subjects were…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Assignments, Feedback, Computer Simulation
Ohlsson, Stellan – 1992
The role of prior knowledge in skill acquisition is to enable the learner to detect and to correct errors. Computational mechanisms that carry out these two functions are implemented in a simulation model which represents prior knowledge in "constraints". The model learns symbolic skills in mathematics and science by noticing and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Feedback