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Alwafi, Enas Mohammad – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
This study investigated the impact of designing an online learning environment based on cognitive apprenticeship on students' critical thinking and interaction in CSCL. The one group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used in this study. A questionnaire was used to measure students' critical thinking and social network analysis (SNA)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Instructional Design, Electronic Learning
Developing Computer-Aided Diagramming Tools to Mine, Model and Support Students' Reasoning Processes
Jeong, Allan C. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Despite the last 40 years of research showing that computer-aided diagramming tools improve student learning, very little research reveals the cognitive processes that explain why and how diagramming tools and specific features of the tools affect learning. This study developed a tool that graduate students used to diagram and analyze arguments as…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Visual Aids, Persuasive Discourse, Thinking Skills
Ginns, Paul; King, Victoria – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
The expansion of cognitive load theory to include evolutionary perspectives posits that biologically primary knowledge might support the acquisition of biologically secondary knowledge, which needs explicit instruction for novices to construct. Pointing and tracing actions with the index finger may be forms of biologically primary knowledge that…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Electronic Learning, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Efstathiou, Charalampos; Hovardas, Tasos; Xenofontos, Nikoletta A.; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; deJong, Ton; Anjewierden, Anjo; van Riesen, Siswa A. N. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
The present study employed a quasi-experimental design to assess a computer-based tool, which was intended to scaffold the task of designing experiments when using a virtual lab for the process of experimentation. In particular, we assessed the impact of this tool on primary school students' cognitive processes and inquiry skills before and after…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Laboratories, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Experiments
Schoor, Cornelia; Bannert, Maria; Brunken, Roland – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
This study assessed the role different kinds of secondary tasks play for researching the modality effect of cognitive load theory. Ninety-six university students worked with a computer-based training program for approximately 13 min and had to fulfill an additional secondary task. In a 2 x 2 factorial design, modality of information presentation…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Design, Cognitive Processes
Jiang, Lai; Elen, Jan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
Explicitly informing students about learning goals has been argued to foster intentional learning. This study tested three theoretical hypotheses regarding the facilitating effects of learning goals by investigating 72 students' actual reading behaviour and cognitive processes (i.e., the use of learning goals). Participants studied a text…
Descriptors: Student Educational Objectives, Intentional Learning, Cognitive Processes, Reading Strategies
Slof, B.; Erkens, G.; Kirschner, P.; Jaspers, J. G. M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
This study investigated the effects of representational scripting on non-expert student learning while collaboratively carrying out complex learning-tasks. The premise underlying this research is that effective cognitive activities would be evoked when complex learning-tasks are structured into phase-related part-tasks and are supported by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Secondary School Students, Group Activities, Cooperative Learning
Hatsidimitris, George; Kalyuga, Slava – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2013
Learning with instructional animations may overstretch limited working memory resources due to intense processing demands associated with transient information. The authors investigated whether explicit instructional advice coupled with a task-specific learner control mechanism (such as a timeline scrollbar) could facilitate the successful…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning, Learner Controlled Instruction
Cheon, Jongpil; Grant, Michael M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a metaphorical interface on germane cognitive load in Web-based instruction. Based on cognitive load theory, germane cognitive load is a cognitive investment for schema construction and automation. A new instrument developed in a previous study was used to measure students' mental activities…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Cues, Web Based Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Pastore, Raymond S. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of diagrams and time-compressed instruction on learning and learners' perceptions of cognitive load. The following design factors, visuals (visuals and non-visuals) and time-compressed instruction (0%-normal paced, 25, and 50%) were presented to 216 university students to analyze learning in a…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction, Achievement Tests, Time Factors (Learning)
Collaboration Modality, Cognitive Load, and Science Inquiry Learning in Virtual Inquiry Environments
Erlandson, Benjamin E.; Nelson, Brian C.; Savenye, Wilhelmina C. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
Educational multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) have been shown to be effective platforms for situated science inquiry curricula. While researchers find MUVEs to be supportive of collaborative scientific inquiry processes, the complex mix of multi-modal messages present in MUVEs can lead to cognitive overload, with learners unable to…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Undergraduate Study, Cooperation, Cognitive Processes
Kay, Robin H.; Knaack, Liesel – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
Learning objects are interactive web-based tools that support the learning of specific concepts by enhancing, amplifying, and/or guiding the cognitive processes of learners. Research on the impact, effectiveness, and usefulness of learning objects is limited, partially because comprehensive, theoretically based, reliable, and valid evaluation…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Measures (Individuals)

Reynolds, Thomas H.; Bonk, Curtis Jay – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1996
Discusses writing instruction and the use of educational computer programs; provides a theoretical framework that includes cognitive tool partnerships, learning theory, writing research, and the Vygotskian theory of mediated learning; and describes a prompting tool that used the macro language of IBM's WordPerfect with college and middle school…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education

Kealy, William A.; Bakriwala, Darshan J.; Sheridan, Philip B. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2003
Discusses instructional design, focusing on the use of instructional tactics and their effects on cognitive processes. Describes a study of undergraduates using computer programs that investigated whether the effectiveness of an instructional adjunct, in this case maps, may sometimes be undermined when used concurrently with another instructional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education
Schnotz, Wolfgang; Rasch, Thorsten – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005
New technologies allow the display of text, static visuals, and animations. Although animations are inherently attractive, they are not always beneficial for learning. Problems may arise especially when animations modify the learner's cognitive load in an unintended way. In two learning experiments with 40 and 26 university students, the effects…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Animation, Multimedia Instruction
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