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Kuhl, Tim; Scheiter, Katharina; Gerjets, Peter; Gemballa, Sven – Computers & Education, 2011
The effects of dynamic and static visualizations in understanding physical principles of fish locomotion were investigated. Seventy-five students were assigned to one of three conditions: a text-only, a text with dynamic visualizations, or a text with static visualizations condition. During learning, subjects were asked to think aloud. Learning…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Learning Strategies, Visualization, Instructional Materials
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Stahl, Elmar; Bromme, Rainer – Computers & Education, 2009
Offering help functions is a standard feature of computer-based interactive learning environments (ILE). Nevertheless, a number of recent studies indicate that learners are not using such help facilities effectively. We compared the effects of different metacognitive supports to foster learners' help-seeking behavior in an ILE for plant…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Help Seeking, Protocol Analysis, Metacognition
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Greene, Jeffrey A.; Moos, Daniel C.; Azevedo, Roger; Winters, Fielding I. – Computers & Education, 2008
Research involving gifted and grade-level students has shown that they display differences in their knowledge of self-regulatory strategies. However, little research exists regarding whether these students differ in their actual use of these strategies. This study aimed to address this question by examining think-aloud data collected from 98…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Learning Processes, Human Body, Academically Gifted
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Cronje, J. C.; Fouche, J. – Computers & Education, 2008
While different approaches to evaluation will yield different results, depending on the purpose of the evaluation this article describes an evaluation approach that was aimed at investigation of the mental models of users of the programme. The study was driven by questions about the differences in mental models of the instructional designers and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Energy, Evaluation Methods