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Mateos, Mar; Rijlaarsdam, Gert; Martín, Elena; Cuevas, Isabel; Van den Bergh, Huub; Solari, Mariana – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2020
This paper presents a secondary analysis of data collected during an intervention study in which students learnt to synthesise pairs of texts presenting opposite views on controversial issues. The original intervention study included two treatments and examined the effects of two instruction conditions when instructional materials and tasks were…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Instructional Effectiveness, Writing Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Tippett, Christine D. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
The move from learning science from representations to learning science with representations has many potential and undocumented complexities. This thematic analysis partially explores the trends of representational uses in science instruction, examining 80 research studies on diagram use in science. These studies, published during 2000-2014, were…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Science Education, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research
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Mirkov, Snežana – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
The paper represents a synthesis of results obtained in empirical studies of variables related to learning process. A number of studies were carried out within the Students Approaches to Learning perspective. According to the 3P model of learning, the complex of learning process comprises three learning approaches--Deep, Surface and Achievement…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Learning Processes, Meta Analysis, Questionnaires
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Raja, B. William Dharma; Kumar, S. Praveen – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2012
Children with learning disabilities face problems in acquiring the basic skills needed for learning. Dyscalculia is one among those learning disorders which affects the ability to acquire arithmetic skills that are needed to perform mathematical calculations. However this is a learning difficulty which is often not recognized. The objectives of…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Synthesis, Arithmetic
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Van Meter, Peggy; Garner, Joanna – Educational Psychology Review, 2005
This article explores learner-generated drawing, a strategy in which learners construct representative illustrations in support of learning goals. Both applied and empirical literature is reviewed with the purpose of stimulating research on this strategy. Clear from this review is the gap that exists between prescriptive readings on…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Freehand Drawing, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research
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Burrell, Karen Irene; McAlexander, Patricia J. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1998
Describes the use of a multi-part journal format, known as the synthesis journal, in academic assistance composition classes. The journal promotes students' abilities to synthesize ideas from four major sources--text, lecture, class discussion, and personal experience--and encourages higher-order thinking skills without shifting attention from the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges, Instructional Innovation, Journal Writing