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Moskaliuk, Johannes; Kimmerle, Joachim; Cress, Ulrike – Computers & Education, 2012
Wikis as shared digital artifacts may enable users to participate in processes of knowledge building. To what extent and with which quality knowledge building can take place is assumed to depend on the interrelation between people's prior knowledge and the information available in a wiki. In two experimental studies we examined the impact on…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Prior Learning, Cooperative Learning, Redundancy
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Lin, Yi-Chun; Lin, Yen-Ting; Huang, Yueh-Min – Computers & Education, 2011
Students learn new instructions well by building on relevant prior knowledge, as it affects how instructors and students interact with the learning materials. Moreover, studies have found that good prior knowledge can enable students to attain better learning motivation, comprehension, and performance. This suggests it is important to assist…
Descriptors: Expertise, Instructional Design, Test Results, Testing