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Mayer, Richard E.; Johnson, Cheryl I. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Students learned about electrical circuits in an arcade-type game consisting of 10 levels. For example, in one level students saw two circuits consisting of various batteries and resistors connected in series or parallel, and had to indicate which one had a higher rate of moving current. On levels 1-9, all students received a correct tone and had…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Science Instruction
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Trumpower, David L.; Sarwar, Gul Shahzad – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Within the field of education, there has been an increasing recognition of the importance of formative assessment and of structural knowledge. In an effort to fill needs in each of these areas, this article describes an innovative feedback strategy intended to improve students' structural knowledge. Twenty-four high school physics students were…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Concept Mapping, Formative Evaluation, Physics
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Azevedo, Roger; Winters, Fielding I.; Moos, Daniel C. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
This classroom study examined the role of low-achieving students' self-regulated learning (SRL) behaviors and their teacher's scaffolding of SRL while using a Web-based water quality simulation environment to learn about ecological systems. Forty-nine 11th and 12th grade students learned about ecology and the effects of land use on water quality…
Descriptors: Ecology, Secondary Education, High School Students, Web Based Instruction