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Context-Process Authenticity in Learning: Implications for Identity Enculturation and Boundary Crossing
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Hung, David; Chen, Der-Thanq Victor – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2007
This paper posits that authenticity is an aspect of both the context and the process of learning. These two aspects cannot be seen in isolation and must be analyzed as one unity. We refer to this coupling relationship as the context-process authenticity. Existing learning and instructional approaches associated with authenticity, such as…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Context Effect
Media and Method.
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Clark, Richard E. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
Considers the question of whether instructional methods are replaceable or interchangeable. Topics discussed include the influence of external events on learning and cognitive processes, media variables, linking instructional design to research on learning from instruction, construct validity, and an example of adequate instructional design and…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Educational Media, Instructional Design, Learning Processes
The Big Wrench versus Integrated Approaches: The Great Media Debate.
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Tennyson, Robert D. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
Compares seven positions on media influences on learning that were presented in a previous journal issue; discusses the conflict between advocates of a given approach versus integrated approaches to the solving of complex problems; and presents a model that links cognitive processes to computer-based prescriptions for improvements in learning. (35…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media, Integrated Activities
Learning from Television and Books: A Dutch Replication Study Based on Salomon's Model.
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Beentjes, Johannes W. J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1989
Discussion of the amount of mental effort children invest in television viewing versus book reading focuses on a Dutch study based on Salomon's model and his studies with children in Israel and the United States. The depth of information processed is discussed, and differences in results are examined. (18 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
A Reply: Media and Methods.
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Kozma, Robert B. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
This response to a previously published article on the replaceability of media and instructional methods focuses on a study that uses a chemistry multimedia software package to examine cognitive processes in which learners interact with instructional designs and use media and methods to construct understanding. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Media
Educational Technology at the Crossroads: New Mindsets and New Directions.
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Reigeluth, Charles M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1989
Discusses changes needed in the field of educational technology and recommends future directions. Topics discussed include instructional theories; descriptive versus prescriptive theories; analysis versus synthesis; a formative evaluation approach to research; the relationship of research and development; organizational methods for instruction;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Research, Educational Technology