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Priyanka Parekh; Joseph L. Polman; Shaun Kane; R. Benjamin Shapiro – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Background: Natureculture (Fuentes, 2010; Haraway, 2003) constructs offer a powerful framework for science education to explore learners' interactions with and understanding of the natural world. Technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) designed to reveal pets' sensory worlds and companionship with pets can facilitate learners' harmonious…
Descriptors: Science Education, Caring, Inquiry, Summer Programs
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Zhang, Jingjing; Skryabin, Maxim; Song, Xiongwei – Distance Education, 2016
This study attempts to make inferences about the mechanisms that drive network change over time. It adopts simulation investigation for empirical network analysis to examine the patterns and evolution of relationships formed in the context of a massive open online course (MOOC) discussion forum. Four network effects--"homophily,"…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Investigations, Network Analysis, Computer Simulation
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Temel, Gülhan Orekici; Erdogan, Semra; Selvi, Hüseyin; Kaya, Irem Ersöz – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
Studies based on longitudinal data focus on the change and development of the situation being investigated and allow for examining cases regarding education, individual development, cultural change, and socioeconomic improvement in time. However, as these studies require taking repeated measures in different time periods, they may include various…
Descriptors: Investigations, Sample Size, Longitudinal Studies, Interrater Reliability
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Lan, Yu-Ju; Fang, Shin-Yi; Legault, Jennifer; Li, Ping – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
In an increasingly multilingual world, it is important to examine methods that may lead to more efficient second language learning, as well as to analyze the mechanisms by which successful learning occurs. The purpose of the current study was to investigate how different learning contexts can impact the learning of Mandarin Chinese as a second…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Mandarin Chinese, Vocabulary Development
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Lazonder, Ard W.; Kamp, Ellen – Learning and Instruction, 2012
This study examined whether and why assigning children to a segmented inquiry task makes their investigations more productive. Sixty-one upper elementary-school pupils engaged in a simulation-based inquiry assignment either received a multivariable inquiry task (n = 21), a segmented version of this task that addressed the variables in successive…
Descriptors: Investigations, Inferences, Science Instruction, Inquiry
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Saab, Nadira; van Joolingen, Wouter; van Hout-Wolters, Bernadette – Metacognition and Learning, 2012
Regulation of the learning process is an important condition for efficient and effective learning. In collaborative learning, students have to regulate their collaborative activities (team regulation) next to the regulation of their own learning process focused on the task at hand (task regulation). In this study, we investigate how support of…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, Learning Processes
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Falconer, Liz – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2013
This paper describes and discusses a case study of postgraduate students undertaking accident investigation and risk assessment exercises in an online virtual world as part of their course curriculum. These exercises were constructed to overcome the ethical and practical barriers inherent in real-world exercises. In particular this paper focusses…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Lin, Li-Fen; Hsu, Ying-Shao; Yeh, Yi-Fen – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2012
Several researchers have investigated the effects of computer simulations on students' learning. However, few have focused on how simulations with authentic contexts influences students' inquiry skills. Therefore, for the purposes of this study, we developed a computer simulation (FossilSim) embedded in an authentic inquiry lesson. FossilSim…
Descriptors: Investigations, Computer Simulation, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Nihalani, Priya K.; Mayrath, Michael; Robinson, Daniel H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
We investigated the effects of feedback and collaboration on undergraduates' transfer performance when using a computer networking training simulation. In Experiment 1, 65 computer science "novices" worked through an instructional protocol individually (control), individually with feedback, or collaboratively with feedback. Unexpectedly,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Feedback (Response), Computer Simulation, Prior Learning
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Monaghan, Padraic; Christiansen, Morten H.; Fitneva, Stanka A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2011
Recent research has demonstrated that systematic mappings between phonological word forms and their meanings can facilitate language learning (e.g., in the form of sound symbolism or cues to grammatical categories). Yet, paradoxically from a learning viewpoint, most words have an arbitrary form-meaning mapping. We hypothesized that this paradox…
Descriptors: Cues, Investigations, Artificial Languages, Labor
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Gilpin, Andrew R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
Rosenthal and Rubin introduced a general effect size index, r[subscript equivalent], for use in meta-analyses of two-group experiments; it employs p values from reports of the original studies to determine an equivalent t test and the corresponding point-biserial correlation coefficient. The present investigation used Monte Carlo-simulated…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Correlation, Meta Analysis, Monte Carlo Methods
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Richards, Debbie; Fassbender, Eric; Bilgin, Ayse; Thompson, William Forde – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2008
Empirical evidence is needed to corroborate the intuitions of gamers and game developers in understanding the benefits of Immersive Virtual Worlds (IVWs) as a learning environment and the role that music plays within these environments. We report an investigation to determine if background music of the genre typically found in computer-based…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Music, Investigations, Foreign Countries
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Squire, Kurt; Klopfer, Eric – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2007
Advancements in handheld computing, particularly its portability, social interactivity, context sensitivity, connectivity, and individuality, open new opportunities for immersive learning environments. This article articulates the pedagogical potential of augmented reality simulations in environmental engineering education by immersing students in…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Investigations, Engineering Education, Computer Simulation
Shiang, Ching-Pyng; McDaniel, Ernest – 1989
This study investigated the effects of self-generated questions and external questions on thinking processes. Thirty-three college students acted as investigators in a computer simulation of a Congressional investigation into the Pearl Harbor attack. The simulation--known as "The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Cloud of Mystery?"--presented the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Simulation, Higher Education
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Galantucci, Bruno – Cognitive Science, 2005
The emergence of human communication systems is typically investigated via 2 approaches with complementary strengths and weaknesses: naturalistic studies and computer simulations. This study was conducted with a method that combines these approaches. Pairs of participants played video games requiring communication. Members of a pair were…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Investigations, Computer Simulation, Video Games
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