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Urhahne, Detlef; Wijnia, Lisette – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
Several major theories have been established in research on motivation in education to describe, explain, and predict the direction, initiation, intensity, and persistence of learning behaviors. The most commonly cited theories of academic motivation include expectancy-value theory, social cognitive theory, self-determination theory, interest…
Descriptors: Education, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation, Teacher Motivation
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Wittwer, Jorg; Renkl, Alexander – Educational Psychology Review, 2010
The worked example effect within cognitive load theory is a very well-established finding. The concrete effectiveness of worked examples in a learning situation, however, heavily depends on further moderating factors. For example, if learners improve their processing of worked examples by actively explaining the worked examples to themselves, they…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Instructional Effectiveness, Cognitive Processes, Theories
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Spanjers, Ingrid A. E.; van Gog, Tamara; van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G. – Educational Psychology Review, 2010
This article reviews studies investigating segmentation of dynamic visualizations (i.e., showing dynamic visualizations in pieces with pauses in between) and discusses two not mutually exclusive processes that might underlie the effectiveness of segmentation. First, cognitive activities needed for dealing with the transience of dynamic…
Descriptors: Visualization, Learning, Cognitive Processes, Animation